Effect of fracture zone on DNAPL transport and dispersion: A numerical approach

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1531-1540

  Dennis, I ^a   Pretorius, J ^a   Steyl, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

DNAPL; Fracture dip; Hydraulic conductivity; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

DNAPL; FRACTURE CHARACTERIZATION; FRACTURE ZONE; HIGH SENSITIVITY; MODELING RESULTS; MODFLOW; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PHYSICAL STRUCTURES; POROUS ROCKS; SIMULATION MODEL; SOFTWARE MODELING;

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AQUIFER; FRACTURE ZONE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77957296413     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0468-8     Document Type: Article

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