A geostatistical framework for incorporating transport information in estimating the distribution of a groundwater contaminant plume

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Shlomi, Shahar ^a   Michalak, Anna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); IMPURITIES; INTERPOLATION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

PLUME ESTIMATION; SPARSE MONITORING NETWORKS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER FLOW; IMPURITIES; INTERPOLATION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

GEOSTATISTICS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; KRIGING; PLUME; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34247625995     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005121     Document Type: Article

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