Influence of initial heterogeneities and recharge limitations on the evolution of aperture distributions in carbonate aquifers

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3715-3729

  Hubinger, B ^a   Birk, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APERTURE DISTRIBUTION; APERTURE SIZES; AVAILABLE WATER; BEDDING PLANES; BREAKTHROUGH TIME; CARBONATE AQUIFER; CONDUCTIVE SOLUTIONS; CONDUIT SYSTEMS; FLOW CONDITION; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; GENERIC MODELS; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; KARST AQUIFER; LARGE APERTURE; NUMERICAL MODELS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; ROCK DISSOLUTION; UNIMODAL;

AQUIFERS; DISSOLUTION; FEEDBACK; HYDROGEOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

AQUIFER; BEDDING PLANE; BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; CARBONATE ROCK; DISCHARGE; DISSOLUTION; FLOW MODELING; FLOW PATTERN; FRACTURE APERTURE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGEOLOGY; KARST HYDROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; RECHARGE;

EID: 83455201051     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-3715-2011     Document Type: Article

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