Imaging lateral groundwater flow in the shallow subsurface using stochastic temperature fields

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 321, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 276-285

  Fairley, Jerry P ^a   Nicholson, Kirsten N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b Ball State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Faults; Fluid flow; Geochemistry; Geostatistics; Groundwater

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RANDOM PROCESSES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

FAULTS; GEOSTATISTICS; STOCHASTIC IMAGING; THERMAL ENERGY;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RANDOM PROCESSES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

FLUID FLOW; GEOSTATISTICS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; IMAGING METHOD; PLUME; SIMULATION; SOIL;

EID: 33646015055     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.08.017     Document Type: Article

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