A general fractal model of flow and solute transport in randomly heterogeneous porous media

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Chen, Kuan Chih ^a   Hsu, Kuo Chin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

ANISOTROPIC POWER VARIOGRAMS; GENERAL FRACTAL MODEL; RANDOMLY HETEROGENEOUS;

POROUS MATERIALS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PLUME; POROUS MEDIUM; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; VARIOGRAM;

EID: 38549145459     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR005934     Document Type: Article

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