Estimating preferential flow in karstic aquifers using statistical mixed models

Groundwater

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 584-596

  Anaya, Angel A ^a   Padilla, Ingrid ^f   Macchiavelli, Raul ^b   Vesper, Dorothy J ^c   Meeker, John D ^d   Alshawabkeh, Akram N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e Northeastern University   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; FLOW RATE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LIMESTONE;

CONTAMINANT EXPOSURE; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TRACER CONCENTRATION; TRANSPORT MECHANISM;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

AQUIFER; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; KARST HYDROLOGY; LIMESTONE; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; STEEL; TRACER;

PUERTO RICO;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; GROUND WATER;

PUERTO RICO; STATISTICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; GROUNDWATER; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PUERTO RICO; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84904011896     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gwat.12084     Document Type: Article

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