Evaluation of longitudinal dispersivity estimates from simulated forced- and natural-gradient tracer tests in heterogeneous aquifers

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Tiedeman, Claire R ^a   Hsieh, Paul A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Radial flow tracer test; Solute dispersion; Two well tracer test

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISPERSIONS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MIXING; RADIAL FLOW;

FORCED GRADIENT TESTS; NATURAL-GRADIENT FLOW; SPATIAL MOMENT ANALYSIS;

WATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; DISPERSION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; TRACER;

AQUIFER; DISPERSAL; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; TRACER;

EID: 2642532022     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002401     Document Type: Article

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