Laboratory analog and numerical study of groundwater flow and solute transport in a karst aquifer with conduit and matrix domains

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 34-44

  Faulkner, Jonathan ^a   Hu, Bill X ^a   Kish, Stephen ^a   Hua, Fei ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beavers Joseph boundary; Conduit and matrix domains; Karst aquifer; Laboratory analog; Stokes equation

Indexed keywords

CONDUIT AND MATRIX DOMAINS; DARCY EQUATIONS; DIGITAL FORMAT; DYE TRACING; FLOW EXCHANGE; GLASS BEAD; GROUNDWATER WATER; HYDRAULIC HEADS; INTERFACE BOUNDARIES; KARST AQUIFER; LABORATORY METHODS; MASS EXCHANGE; MATRIX; MATRIX DOMAINS; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PLEXIGLAS; POROUS MEDIUM; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STOKES EQUATIONS; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING; TWO DOMAINS; WATER FLOWS;

AQUIFERS; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LABORATORIES; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRANSDUCERS;

MATRIX ALGEBRA;

GROUND WATER;

AQUIFER; BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DARCY LAW; DYE TRACER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC HEAD; KARST HYDROLOGY; LABORATORY METHOD; MATRIX; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OUTFLOW; POROUS MEDIUM; PREDICTION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STOKES FORMULA;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; FLOW RATE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; WATER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TRANSPORT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WATER MOVEMENTS;

CASTORIDAE;

EID: 71749098699     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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