On the use and error of approximation in the Domenico (1987) solution

Ground Water

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 126-135

  West, Michael R ^a   Kueper, Bernard H ^a   Ungs, Michael J ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; IMPURITIES; POROUS MATERIALS; STEADY FLOW; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTION; SOFTWARE PROGRAMS; SUBSURFACE CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT PROBLEMS;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

AQUIFER; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POROUS MEDIUM; SAND; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

ARTICLE; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 33847403520     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2006.00280.x     Document Type: Article

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