Reducing geological uncertainty by conditioning on boreholes: The coupled Markov chain approach

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1439-1455

  Elfeki, Amro M M ^a,c   Dekking, F M ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Coupled Markov chains; Geostatistics; Heterogeneity; Uncertainty quantification

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; BOREHOLE; GEOSTATISTICS; KRIGING; MARKOV CHAIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; VARIOGRAM;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; RHINE-MEUSE DELTA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36549023171     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-007-0193-x     Document Type: Article

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