Flow dimensions corresponding to stochastic models of heterogeneous transmissivity

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Walker, Douglas D ^a   Cello, Pablo A ^b   Valocchi, Albert J ^b   Loftis, Bruce ^c  

^a ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RANDOM PROCESSES;

FLOW DIMENSIONS; HETEROGENEOUS TRANSMISSIVITY; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

GEOPHYSICS;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIAL FLOW; TRANSMISSIVITY;

EID: 33646827875     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL025695     Document Type: Article

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