Revisiting the cape cod bacteria injection experiment using a stochastic modeling approach

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 5548-5558

  Maxwell, Reed M ^a   Welty, Claire ^b   Harvey, Ronald W ^c  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Marylandw Baltimore County   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FILTRATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; BACTERIA; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CURVE FITTING; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

BACTERIA TRANSPORT; BACTERIAL CELL; PARTICLE TRACKING;

BACTERIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

GROUND WATER;

AQUIFERS; BACTERIA; COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FILTRATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

AQUIFER; BACTERIUM; BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; BROMIDE; COLLOID; GEOSTATISTICS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; SEEPAGE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STOCHASTICITY; TRACER;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; CALIBRATION; COLLOID; EXPERIMENT; FILTRATION; NONHUMAN; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; THEORY; UNITED STATES; WATER TRANSPORT;

BACTERIA; BROMIDES; CALIBRATION; MASSACHUSETTS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TRANSPORTATION;

CAPE COD; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIA TRANSPORT; BACTERIAL CELLS; BEST FIT; BREAK THROUGH CURVE; COLLOID FILTRATION THEORIES; COLLOID TRANSPORT; CORRELATION EQUATION; FIELD CONDITIONS; FIELD NOTES; FUNCTIONAL DEPENDENCE; GEOSTATISTICAL; GEOSTATISTICAL INFORMATION; MODELING COMPONENT; OPTIMIZATION ROUTINE; SANDY AQUIFERS; SEEPAGE VELOCITY; STOCHASTIC APPROACH; TRACER TESTS; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

EID: 34547728198     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es062693a     Document Type: Article

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