Equivalent hydraulic conductivity of three-dimensional heterogeneous porous media: An upscaling study based on an experimental stratigraphy

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 388, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 304-320

  Zhang, Ye ^a   Gable, Carl W ^b   Sheets, Ben ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Effective conductivity; Equivalent conductivity; Experimental stratigraphy; Heterogeneity; Hydraulic conductivity

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANISOTROPY RATIO; AQUIFER MODEL; BIVARIATE; CRITICAL ISSUES; EFFECTIVE CONDUCTIVITY; EQUIVALENT CONDUCTIVITY; EQUIVALENT HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITIES; FLUID FLOW; HETEROGENEOUS POROUS MEDIA; LATERAL DIRECTIONS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION MODELS; PERCOLATION CLUSTERS; ROBUST ESTIMATE; SUB-GRIDS; TEST CASE; UNIVARIATE; UPSCALING; UPSCALING METHODS;

AQUIFERS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EQUIVALENCE CLASSES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLVENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AQUIFER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONNECTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUID FLOW; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROUS MEDIUM; STRATIGRAPHY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 77953693952     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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