A comparison of groundwater fluxes computed with MODFLOW and a mixing model using deuterium: Application to the eastern Nevada Test Site and vicinity

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 361, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 371-385

  Carroll, Rosemary W H ^a   Pohll, Greg M ^a   Earman, Sam ^a   Hershey, Ronald L ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deuterium; Isotope mixing model; MODFLOW; Nevada Test Site

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CODES (SYMBOLS); COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; DEUTERIUM; FLUID MECHANICS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MIXING; SURVEYS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

BEST MATCH; CELL-TO-CELL INTERACTIONS; COMPARTMENT MODELS; FINITE DIFFERENCING; FLOW MODELLING; GROUNDWATER FLUXES; GROUNDWATER MODELLING; ISOTOPE MIXING MODEL; MIXING MODELS; MODELING APPROACHES; MODFLOW; NEVADA TEST SITE; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; PUBLIC DOMAINS; SHUFFLED COMPLEX EVOLUTION; STATE MIXING; TRACER CONCENTRATIONS; UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEUTERIUM; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RECHARGE; TESTING METHOD;

NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53549116727     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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