Analysis of solute transport in a divergent flow tracer test with scale-dependent dispersion

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 2526-2536

  Chen, Jui Sheng ^a   Chen, Chia Shyun ^a   Chen, Chih Yu ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FOOYIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Analytical solution; Divergent flow; Scale dependent dispersion; Tracer test

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; HYDRAULICS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS;

ADVECTION-DISPERSION EQUATIONS; DIVERGENT FLOW; SCALE-DEPENDENT DISPERSION; TRACER TEST;

SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

ADVECTION; HYDRAULICS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; DISPERSION; FLOW MODELING; LAPLACE TRANSFORM; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TRACER;

EID: 34548324276     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6496     Document Type: Article

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