Modeling three-dimensional groundwater flow and advective contaminant transport at a heterogeneous mountainous site in support of remediation

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 884-900

  Zhou, Quanlin ^a   Birkholzer, Jens T ^a   Javandel, Iraj ^a   Jordan, Preston D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CONTAMINATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMPURITIES; POLLUTION;

CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; GROUNDWATER FLOW MODEL; GROUNDWATER LEVEL FLUCTUATION; HIGH HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITIES; HYDROGEOLOGIC PROPERTIES; SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL GROUNDWATER; TRANSIENT GROUNDWATER FLOW;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

EID: 33747346094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/3.3.884     Document Type: Article

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