The importance of alternative conceptual models for simulation of concentrations in a multi-aquifer system

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 843-860

  Troldborg, Lars ^a   Refsgaard, Jens Christian ^a   Jensen, Karsten Høgh ^b   Engesgaard, Peter ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Conceptual models; Environmental tracers; Heterogeneity; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HETEROGENEITY; SHALLOW WATER; TRACER;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 34547119954     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-007-0192-y     Document Type: Article

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