Probability density function of steady state concentration in two-dimensional heterogeneous porous media

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Cirpka, Olaf A ^a   De Barros, Felipe P J ^b   Chiogna, Gabriele ^c   Nowak, Wolfgang ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; AQUIFER PARAMETERS; CLOSED-FORM EXPRESSION; CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTIONS; CONCENTRATION VALUES; ENHANCED MIXING; EXPONENTIAL MODELS; EXTREME VALUE; HETEROGENEOUS POROUS MEDIA; HOTSPOTS; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; MIXING RATES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PLUME FRINGES; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STEADY STATE; STEADY STATE CONCENTRATION; TRANSVERSE MIXING; TRAVEL DISTANCE;

AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MIXING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TWO DIMENSIONAL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

AQUIFER; DARCY LAW; HETEROGENEITY; ISOTROPY; MIXING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 82355187952     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR010750     Document Type: Article

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