On some methodological problems in the use of environmental tracers to estimate hydrogeologic parameters and to calibrate flow and transport models

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-69

  Zuber, Andrzej ^a   Różański, Kazimierz ^b   Kania, Jarosław ^b   Purtschert, Roland ^c  

^a POLISH GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Environmental tracers; Groundwater age; Hydrodynamic age; Numerical modeling; Tracer age

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CALIBRATION; DIFFUSION; FLOW VELOCITY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; STEADY FLOW; TRACER;

EID: 78751606384     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-010-0655-4     Document Type: Article

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