A Bayesian modeling approach for estimation of a shape-free groundwater age distribution using multiple tracers

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue , 2014, Pages 252-264

  Massoudieh, Arash ^a   Visser, Ate ^b   Sharifi, Soroosh ^a,f   Broers, Hans Peter ^c,d,e  

^a Catholic University of America   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; GRAPHIC METHODS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MARKOV CHAINS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TRACERS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BAYESIAN MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO; ENVIRONMENTAL TRACERS; GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; GROUNDWATER AGES; HISTOGRAM METHOD; MATHEMATICAL FORMS; STRONG CORRELATION;

ESTIMATION;

AGE STRUCTURE; AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HISTOGRAM; MIXING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; TRACER;

COSTA RICA; LA SELVA BIOLOGICAL STATION; LIMON; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84910048812     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: 18729134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2013.10.004     Document Type: Article

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