Time to reach near-steady state in large aquifers

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 6893-6908

  Rousseau Gueutin, P ^a,b   Love, A J ^a   Vasseur, G ^c,d   Robinson, N I ^a   Simmons, C T ^a   De Marsily, G ^c,d  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

analytical solution; mixed aquifers; time constant; transient state

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITION; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS; NUMERICAL FLOW MODELS; PAST AND PRESENT; TIME CONSTANTS; TRANSIENT STATE; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS;

ESTIMATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MIXTURES;

AQUIFERS;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISSIPATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LAPLACE TRANSFORM; NUMERICAL MODEL; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TRANSIENT FLOW; UNCONFINED AQUIFER;

EID: 84886029852     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20534     Document Type: Article

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