A new tracer technique for monitoring groundwater fluxes: The Finite Volume Point Dilution Method

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 121-140

  Brouyère, Serge ^a   Batlle Aguilar, Jordi ^a   Goderniaux, Pascal ^a,b   Dassargues, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Analytical solution; Darcy flux; Experimental setup; Single well; Tracer technique

Indexed keywords

DILUTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONITORING; SURFACE WATERS;

ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; DARCY FLUX; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; SINGLE WELL; TRACER TECHNIQUE;

FINITE VOLUME METHOD;

GROUND WATER; TRACER;

DILUTION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONITORING; SURFACE WATERS;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; DARCY LAW; DILUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRACER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; FINITE VOLUME POINT DILUTION METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRACER TECHNIQUE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 38049040196     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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