On Preferential Flow, Channeling and Connectivity in Heterogeneous Porous Formations

Mathematical Geosciences

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 133-145

  Fiori, A ^a   Jankovic, I ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Channeling; Connectivity; Heterogeneous media; Porous media; Preferential flow; Random conductivity; Stochastic processes

Indexed keywords

CHANNELING; CONNECTIVITY; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; RANDOM CONDUCTIVITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESS;

POROUS MATERIALS; RANDOM PROCESSES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; CHANNELIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNECTIVITY; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; STOCHASTICITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84856726125     PISSN: 18748961     EISSN: 18748953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11004-011-9365-2     Document Type: Article

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