Predicting travel times and transport characterization in karst conduits by analyzing tracer-breakthrough curves

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 334, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 183-198

  Morales, Tomás ^a   Fdez de Valderrama, Iñigo ^a   Uriarte, Jesús A ^a   Antigüedad, Iñaki ^a   Olazar, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Karst conduits; Tracer breakthrough curves; Transport characterization; Travel times

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONFINED FLOW; DRAINAGE; FLOW PATTERNS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

KARST CONDUITS; TRACER-BREAKTHROUGH CURVES; TRANSPORT CHARACTERIZATION; TRAVEL TIMES;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

ANISOTROPY; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONFINED FLOW; DRAINAGE; FLOW PATTERNS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; DIFFUSION; HYDROGEOLOGY; KARST HYDROLOGY; PREDICTION; TRACER; TRAVEL TIME;

BASQUE COUNTRY; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33846437071     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.10.006     Document Type: Article

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