Numerical simulation of groundwater flow patterns using flux as upper boundary

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 3475-3483

  Liang, Xing ^a   Quan, Dongjie ^a   Jin, Menggui ^a   Liu, Yan ^a   Zhang, Renquan ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Flow pattern; Flux upper boundary; Groundwater flow; Numerical simulation; Ratio of infiltration to conductivity

Indexed keywords

DOMINANT FACTOR; FLOW SYSTEMS; GEOMETRIC CONFIGURATIONS; GROUNDWATER FLOW SYSTEMS; SIMULATED RESULTS; UPPER BOUNDARY;

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; GEOPHYSICS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODELS;

FLOW PATTERNS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCHARGE; FLOW PATTERN; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; RECHARGE;

EID: 84886283840     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9477     Document Type: Article

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