Stochastic analysis of flux and head moments in a heterogeneous aquifer system

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 747-759

  Paleologos, Evan K ^a   Sarris, Theofilos S ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Boundary effects; Flux moments; Stochastic modeling; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER SYSTEMS; BOUNDARY EFFECTS; CLAY CONTENT; CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; EFFECTIVE HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITIES; EXPECTED VALUES; FIELD BOUNDARIES; FLUX VECTORS; GEOLOGIC INFORMATION; HEAD BOUNDARY; HEAD FIELDS; HETEROGENEOUS AQUIFERS; HIGH HETEROGENEITY; HORIZONTAL FLUXES; HORIZONTAL PLANES; LITHOLOGICAL DATA; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; MEAN-FLOW DIRECTIONS; MONTE CARLO STOCHASTIC SIMULATION; NO-FLOW BOUNDARIES; REPRESENTATIVE ELEMENTARY VOLUME; SAVANNAH RIVER SITES; SLUG TEST; SOUTH CAROLINA; STANDARD DEVIATION; STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODELING; STRONG STRATIFICATION; UNIFORM REDUCTION; UPSCALING; VELOCITY FIELD; VERTICAL CORRELATION;

ANISOTROPY; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; BOUNDARY CONDITION; FLOW FIELD; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW MODELING; HETEROGENEITY; HISTOGRAM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC HEAD; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SKEWNESS; STOCHASTICITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

SAVANNAH RIVER; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959375719     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-011-0459-7     Document Type: Article

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