Comparison of transport simulations and equivalent dispersion coefficients in heterogeneous media generated by different numerical methods: A genesis model and a simple geostatistical sequential Gaussian simulator

Geosphere

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 275-286

  Teles, V ^a   Delay, F ^b   de Marsily, G ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Alluvial aquifer; Dispersion; Genetic method; Geostatistical method; Groundwater; Heterogeneity; Model

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; DISPERSION; FACIES; FLOODPLAIN; GEOSTATISTICS; HETEROGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; PLUME; RIVER; SIMULATOR;

AUBE; CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNE; FRANCE;

EID: 58049087811     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00034.1     Document Type: Article

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