Nonpoint source solute transport normal to aquifer bedding in heterogeneous, Markov chain random fields

Water Resources Research

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Zhang, Hua ^a   Harter, Thomas ^a   Sivakumar, Bellie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

FOUR-FACIES MODELS; HYDROSTRATIGRAPHY; MARKOV CHAIN APPROACH; MARKOV CHAIN GEOSTATISTICAL MODELS;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ANISOTROPY; AQUIFER; CONDUCTIVITY; GEOSTATISTICS; HETEROGENEITY; MARKOV CHAIN; MASS TRANSPORT; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 33746629314     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003808     Document Type: Article

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