Gaussian setting time for solute transport in fluvial systems

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Yong ^a   Meerschaert, Mark M ^b  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL FORMULAS; FLOOD PLAINS; FLUVIAL SYSTEMS; GAUSSIAN MODEL; GAUSSIAN SETTING; GAUSSIAN SHAPE; HIGH RESOLUTION; INSTANTANEOUS POINT SOURCE; LOW PERMEABILITY; MOBILE PHASE; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NON-GAUSSIAN; PLUME SHAPES; SETTING TIME; SOLUTE PLUMES; SPATIAL MOMENT; TIME-SCALES; TRANSPORT MODELS;

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION;

DIFFUSION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FLOODPLAIN; GAUSSIAN METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PERMEABILITY; POINT SOURCE; RIVER PLUME; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TIMESCALE;

EID: 80051690026     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR010102     Document Type: Article

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