Assessing contaminant transport vulnerability in complex topography using a distributed hydrologic model

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 811-818

  Martens, Scott N ^a,b   Breshears, David D ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Sierra Science   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHIES; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; CONTAMINATED SITES; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGIC MODEL; FOUR-ORDER; HYDROLOGIC MODELING; LATERAL FLOW; LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY; MULTI-SITE; NEW MEXICO; PATHWAY ANALYSIS; POTENTIAL CONTAMINANTS; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; PRIORITIZATION; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SUBSURFACE WATERS; SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE FLOW; SURFACE FLOW; VADOSE ZONE HYDROLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMPURITIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY;

CONTAMINATION;

EID: 77957234768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2004-0037     Document Type: Article

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