Homogenization and effective parameters for the Henry problem in heterogeneous formations

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1-14

  Held, R ^a,c   Attinger, S ^b,d   Kinzelbach, W ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Umweltforschungszentrum ^*  (Germany)

^c STATOIL   (Norway)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COASTAL ENGINEERING; CORRELATION METHODS; FLOW OF WATER; WATER RESOURCES;

DENSITY-DEPENDENT FLOW; HENRY PROBLEM; HETEROGENEOUS FORMATIONS; HOMOGENIZATION;

AQUIFERS;

COASTAL AQUIFER; HOMOGENIZATION; SALINE INTRUSION;

EID: 29944432981     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003674     Document Type: Article

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