On the effective hydraulic conductivity and macrodispersivity for density-dependent groundwater flow

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 157-171

  Jiang, Zhenjiao ^a,b   Raiber, Matthias ^a   Bian, Jianmin ^b   Cox, Malcolm ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Density dependent flow; Effective hydraulic conductivity; Macrodispersivity; Spectral method

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; DISPERSION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 84892484656     PISSN: 15677419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10652-013-9281-8     Document Type: Article

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