Conditional probability density functions of concentrations for mixing-controlled reactive transport in heterogeneous aquifers

Mathematical Geosciences

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 323-351

  Sanchez Vila, Xavier ^a   Guadagnini, A ^b   Fernandez Garcia D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heterogeneou sporous media; Reactive transport

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION-DISPERSION EQUATION; AQUEOUS SPECIES; CONCENTRATION VALUES; CONDITIONAL MEANS; CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY DENSITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DILUTION EFFECT; DISPERSIVE FLUXES; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HETEROGENEOU SPOROUS MEDIA; HETEROGENEOUS AQUIFERS; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA; KEY FEATURE; LOCAL SCALE; LOW-ORDER MOMENTS; MONTE CARLO; NONLOCAL; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION (PDF); REACTIVE SOLUTES; REACTIVE SPECIES; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; REACTIVE TRANSPORT PROBLEMS; SOURCE TERMS; SPACE AND TIME; SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS; STRATIFIED MEDIA; TIME MOMENTS; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TRANSVERSE DISPERSION;

ADVECTION; AIRCRAFT ENGINES; AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISPERSIONS; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; REACTION RATES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

AQUIFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

EID: 64249154514     PISSN: 18748961     EISSN: 18748953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11004-008-9204-2     Document Type: Article

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