Forward and backward location probabilities for sorbing solutes in groundwater

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 689-705

  Neupauer, R M ^a   Wilson, J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjoint state; Ground water; Mathematical models; Probability; Solute transport; Sorption

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ETHYLENE; IMPURITIES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SORPTION; THERMAL PLUMES;

CONTAMINANT PLUMES; ONE-DIMENSIONAL CONFINED AQUIFERS; SORBING SOLUTES;

GROUNDWATER;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SORPTION; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

EID: 3042654832     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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