Examining the influence of heterogeneous porosity fields on conservative solute transport

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 108, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 77-88

  Hu, Bill X ^a   Meerschaert, Mark M ^b   Barrash, Warren ^c   Hyndman, David W ^b   He, Changming ^d   Li, Xinya ^a   Guo, Luanjing ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractal; Geostatistics; Heterogeneity; Hydraulic conductivity; Porosity; Solute transport

Indexed keywords

BOISE HYDROGEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH SITES; BOREHOLE LOGS; GEOSTATISTICS; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; LOG-NORMAL; NATURAL MEDIA; ON FLOW; PARTICLE SIZE MEASUREMENT; POROSITY FIELDS; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STOCHASTIC FIELD; TRACER CONCENTRATION; TRACER TRANSPORT;

BOREHOLES; FRACTALS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; POROSITY; WELL LOGGING;

SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

GROUND WATER;

BOREHOLE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GEOSTATISTICS; GRAIN SIZE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SIMULATION; SOLUTE; WATER TRANSPORT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POROSITY; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 69349092057     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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