About the symmetry of the upscaled equivalent transmissivity tensor

Mathematical Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 399-408

  Giudici, Mauro ^a   Vassena, Chiara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Equivalent transmissivity; Ground water; Integrated finite differences; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INTEGRATION; TENSORS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GROUNDWATER; SYMMETRY; TRANSMISSIVITY; UPSCALING;

EID: 34548507030     PISSN: 08828121     EISSN: 15738868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11004-007-9101-0     Document Type: Article

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