Review of the use of Péclet numbers to determine the relative importance of advection and diffusion in low permeability environments

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 895-904

  Huysmans, Marijke ^a   Dassargues, Alain ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Analytical solutions; Diffusion; Low permeability units; Solute transport

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; DIFFUSION; HYDROGEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PERMEABILITY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

EID: 29444453957     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-004-0387-4     Document Type: Article

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