Modelling spatial variability and uncertainty of cadmium leaching to groundwater in an urban region

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 369, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 274-283

  Beyer, Christof ^a   Altfelder, Sven ^a   Duijnisveld, Wilhelmus H M ^a   Streck, Thilo ^b  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Ground water risk assessment; Nested Monte Carlo simulation; Numerical modelling; Regionalization; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER RISK ASSESSMENT; NESTED MONTE-CARLO SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODELLING; REGIONALIZATION; UNCERTAINTY;

AGGLOMERATION; CADMIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; FIRE HAZARDS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEACHING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ORGANIC CARBON; POTABLE WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SMELTING; SOILS; SORPTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; EQUATION; GROUNDWATER; LEACHING; MODEL VALIDATION; MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; SPATIAL VARIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; NORDENHAM;

EID: 65249168112     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.02.022     Document Type: Article

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