GIS-based contaminant transport model for heterogeneous hydrogeological settings

Journal of Environmental Informatics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-24

  Menezes, G B ^a   Inyang, H I ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminant fate and transport; GIS; Groundwater; Model; Visual MODFLOW

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GIS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL VARIATION; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 70349673157     PISSN: 17262135     EISSN: 16848799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3808/jei.200900149     Document Type: Article

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