Transition probability/Markov chain analyses of DNAPL source zones and plumes

Ground Water

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 853-863

  Maji, R ^a   Sudicky, E A ^a   Panday, S ^b   Teutsch, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b HYDROGEOLOGIC INC   (United States)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PROBABILITY; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

COMPOSITIONAL MODEL; DENSE NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID (DNAPL); ERRATIC DISTRIBUTION; GLACIOFLUVIAL AQUIFER; TRANSITION PROBABILITY;

WATER SUPPLY;

TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

AQUIFER; GEOLOGICAL FEATURE; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HETEROGENEITY; MARKOV CHAIN; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PERMEABILITY; PLUME; POROSITY; PROBABILITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; PROBABILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 33750467992     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2005.00194.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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