Incorporating layer- and local-scale heterogeneities in numerical simulation of unsaturated flow and tracer transport

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 103, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 194-205

  Pan, Feng ^a,d   Ye, Ming ^b   Zhu, Jianting ^a   Wu, Yu Shu ^c   Hu, Bill X ^b   Yu, Zhongbo ^d  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Layer scale; Local scale; Travel time; Uncertainty analysis; Unsaturated flow and tracer transport

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY; LAYER SCALE; LOCAL SCALE; TRAVEL TIME; UNSATURATED FLOW AND TRACER TRANSPORT;

AQUIFERS; DATA PROCESSING; FLOW SIMULATION; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCOLATION; PLUME; PREDICTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRACER; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TRAVEL TIME; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UNSATURATED FLOW; VADOSE ZONE; WATER TABLE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEVADA; TIME FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY; WATER MOVEMENTS;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 58149229374     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2008.10.012     Document Type: Article

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