A field study of the coupled effects of aquifer stratification, fluid density, and groundwater fluctuations on dispersivity assessments

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1037-1055

  Woumeni, Robert S ^a   Vauclin, Michel ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Dense and unstable plumes; Groundwater fluctuations; Longitudinal and transverse dispersivities; Natural gradient tracer tests; Plume sinking and fingering; Scale effect; Solute transport in aquifers

Indexed keywords

DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; GRADIENT METHODS; GROUNDWATER; NUMERICAL METHODS; WATER RESOURCES;

DENSE PLUMES; GROUNDWATER FLUCTUATIONS; LONGITUDINAL DISPERSIVITIES; NATURAL GRADIENT TRACER TESTS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRANSVERSE DISPERSIVITIES; UNSTABLE PLUMES;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFERS; DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; GRADIENT METHODS; GROUNDWATER; NUMERICAL METHODS; WATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PLUME; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

EID: 33744520064     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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