Assessing measurement uncertainty of first-order degradation rates in heterogeneous aquifers

Water Resources Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Bauer, Sebastian ^a   Beyer, Christof ^a   Kolditz, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISPERSIONS; ERROR ANALYSIS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

DISPERSIVITY; FIRST-ORDER DEGRADATION; HETEROGENEOUS AQUIFERS; LOGNORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

DEGRADATION;

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEGRADATION; DISPERSIONS; ERROR ANALYSIS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

AQUIFER; DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; PLUME; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33644811295     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003878     Document Type: Article

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