Conduit evolution in deep-seated settings: Conceptual and numerical models based on field observations

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Rehrl, C ^a   Birk, S ^a   Klimchouk, A B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CAPILLARITY; DISSOLUTION; LIQUIDS; PIPE FLOW;

AQUIFER SYSTEMS; CONCEPTUAL MODELS; CONDUIT DIAMETERS; CRUCIAL PARAMETERS; DISSOLUTION RATES; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FLOW MODELS; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; NUMERICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODELS; PERMEABILITY FORMATIONS; ROCK FORMATIONS; SIMPLIFIED MODELS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AQUIFER; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISSOLUTION; FLOW MODELING; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; PIPE FLOW;

EID: 58149090090     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR006905     Document Type: Article

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