Dealing with the spatial synthetic heterogeneity of aquifers in the North China Plain: A case study of Luancheng County in Hebei Province

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 226-245

  Ma, Rong ^a   Shi, Jiansheng ^a   Liu, Jichao ^a  

^a Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology   (China)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Heterogeneity; Hydraulic conductivity; Markov; Porosity

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ALLUVIAL FAN; AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; COMPLEXITY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HETEROGENEITY; HOLOCENE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; MARKOV CHAIN; MICROFACIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLEISTOCENE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROSITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CHINA; HEBEI; HUTUO RIVER; LUANCHENG; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

EID: 84863313244     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2012.00624.x     Document Type: Article

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