Variable-density groundwater flow and solute transport in fractured rock: Applicability of the Tang et al. [1981] analytical solution

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Graf, T ^a   Simmons, C T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; SEAWATER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

A DENSITIES; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; BREAK THROUGH CURVES; CONVECTION RATIOS; DENSE PLUMES; FAR FIELDS; FLUID DENSITIES; FRACTURED ROCKS; FULLY-COUPLED; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; LONG-TERM PREDICTIONS; MIXED CONVECTIVE; MODIFIED VELOCITIES; SEA WATER SALINITIES; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; VERTICAL FRACTURES;

ROCKS;

BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVECTION; FRACTURE ZONE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; ROCK; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

EID: 62949172052     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007278     Document Type: Article

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