Sensitivity Analysis of a Combined Groundwater Flow and Solute Transport Model Using Local-Grid Refinement: A Case Study

Mathematical Geosciences

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 881-899

  Gedeon, Matej ^a   Mallants, Dirk ^b  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Groundwater flow modeling; Local grid refinement; Sensitivity analysis; Solute transport modeling

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; FORECASTING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE TRANSPORTATION; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW MODEL; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES ASSESSMENTS; LOCAL GRID REFINEMENT; PREDICTION SCALED SENSITIVITIES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY; SENSITIVITY AND UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT MODEL;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; BOUNDARY CONDITION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HETEROGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84867472918     PISSN: 18748961     EISSN: 18748953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11004-012-9416-3     Document Type: Article

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