Development and application of numerical models to estimate fluxes through the regional aquifer beneath the Pajarito Plateau

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 653-671

  Keating, Elizabeth H ^a   Robinson, Bruce A ^a   Vesselinov, Velimir V ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER PROPERTIES; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CONTAMINANT MIGRATION; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; FAST TRANSPORT; LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY; MODEL CALCULATIONS; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODELING RESULTS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY; PREDICTIVE ANALYSIS; REGIONAL AQUIFERS; ROBUST ESTIMATE; SPARSE DATA; STRONG ANISOTROPY; VADOSE ZONE; WATER BUDGET;

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY; WELLS;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

EID: 33947186474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2004.0101     Document Type: Article

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