Modeling tracer transport at the MADE site: The importance of heterogeneity

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Salamon, P ^a,b   Fernandez Garcia D ^a   Gomez Hernandez J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; FLOWMETERS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PERIODIC STRUCTURES;

HIGH RESOLUTION CONDUCTIVITY FIELDS; MEMORY FUNCTION; TRANSPORT MODELS;

STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

AQUIFERS; FLOWMETERS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

AQUIFER; FLOWMETER; GAUSSIAN METHOD; GEOSTATISTICS; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MASS TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRACER; TRITIUM;

COLUMBUS [MISSISSIPPI]; MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34848886078     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005522     Document Type: Article

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