Prediction of contaminant plumes (shapes, spatial moments and macrodispersion) in aquifers with insufficient geological information

Journal of Hydraulic Research

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 841-856

  Elfeki, Amro M M ^a,b,c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c University of Mansoura   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Field data; Flow; Heterogeneity; Markov chains; Transport

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMPURITIES; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

AQUIFER HETEROGENEITY; CONTAMINANT PLUMES; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMPURITIES; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

AQUIFER; MARKOV CHAIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLUME; POLLUTANT; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

EID: 33845875495     PISSN: 00221686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221686.2006.9521735     Document Type: Article

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