Block-effective macrodispersion for numerical simulations of sorbing solute transport in heterogeneous porous formations

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1272-1285

  Lawrence, Alison E ^a   Rubin, Yoram ^a  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater transport; Numerical simulations; Reactive solute transport; Stochastic; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SORPTION; TENSORS;

LOG-HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MACRODISPERSION COEFFICIENT; REACTIVE SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SORPTION; TENSORS;

AQUIFER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSION; GROUNDWATER; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STOCHASTICITY; UPSCALING;

EID: 33847311796     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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