Stochastic evaluation of mixing-controlled steady-state plume lengths in two-dimensional heterogeneous domains

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 138-139, Issue , 2012, Pages 22-39

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^d Dept of Geotechnical Engineering and Geosciences ^*  (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Groundwater transport; Mixing controlled reactions; Stochastic subsurface hydrology; Transverse dispersion

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; FLOW FOCUSING; GROUNDWATER TRANSPORT; HETEROGENEOUS DOMAINS; HOMOGENEOUS FLOW; LOCAL DISPERSION; MIXING RATES; MIXING-CONTROLLED REACTION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PLUME FRINGES; PLUME LENGTH; REACTION PARTNERS; SEMI-ANALYTICAL EXPRESSION; SOURCE AREA; SOURCE STRENGTH; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTIC EVALUATIONS; SUBSURFACE HYDROLOGY; TOTAL MASS FLUX; TRANSVERSE DISPERSION; TRANSVERSE MIXING; VOLUMETRIC FLUX;

DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MIXING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DARCY LAW; DEGRADATION; FLOW FIELD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MIXING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PROBABILITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; STEADY FLOW; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PLUME; PLUME DISPERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE; VOLUMETRY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; UNCERTAINTY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84863768160     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: 18736009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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