On the use of apparent hydraulic diffusivity as an indicator of connectivity

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 329, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 377-389

  Knudby, Christen ^a   Carrera, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Contaminant transport; Diffusivity; Heterogeneous media; Pumping test; Tracer test

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULICS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; DIFFUSIVITY; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA; PUMPING TEST; TRACER TEST;

HYDROLOGY;

FLOW PATTERNS; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULICS; HYDROLOGY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CONNECTIVITY; FIELD METHOD; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHOD; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WATER FLOW;

EID: 33748929133     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.02.026     Document Type: Article

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