Uncertainty assessment of contaminant plume length estimates in heterogeneous aquifers

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 73-95

  Beyer, Christof ^a   Bauer, Sebastian ^a   Kolditz, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Center line method; Heterogeneity; Monte Carlo; Natural Attenuation; Numerical modelling; Plume length; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

CENTER LINE METHOD; HETEROGENEITY; NATURAL ATTENUATION; PLUME LENGTH; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGRADATION; IMPURITIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REACTION KINETICS;

WATER ANALYSIS;

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGRADATION; IMPURITIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REACTION KINETICS; WATER ANALYSIS;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; HETEROGENEITY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLUME; POLLUTANT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CALCULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PLUME; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; UNCERTAINTY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 33747346437     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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