Numerical simulation of groundwater flow and contamination transport in Nahavand plain aquifer, west of Iran

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 83-92

  Banejad, Hossein ^a   Mohebzadeh, Hamid ^a   Ghobadi, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Heydari, Majid ^a  

^a BU ALI SINA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Advective contaminant transport; GMS; Groundwater Flow; Iran; MODFLOW; MODPATH

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893943155     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: 09746889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12594-014-0010-9     Document Type: Article

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