Gaussian or non-Gaussian logconductivity distribution at the MADE site: What is its impact on the breakthrough curve?

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 179, Issue , 2015, Pages 25-34

  Fiori, Aldo ^a   Volpi, Elena ^a   Zarlenga, Antonio ^a   Bohling, Geoffrey C ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

BTC analysis; MADE experiment; Non Gaussian distributions; Solute transport

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); GROUNDWATER FLOW; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; BTC ANALYSIS; HEAVY-TAILED DISTRIBUTION; HIGH HETEROGENEITY; MEASUREMENTS OF; NON-GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; PHYSICALLY BASED MODELING; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS;

GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION;

BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; GAUSSIAN METHOD; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PEAK FLOW; POROUS MEDIUM; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; FLOWMETER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LOGCONDUCTIVITY DISTRIBUTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION; HYDROLOGY; MISSISSIPPI; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTION;

HYDROLOGY; MISSISSIPPI; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84930216240     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: 18736009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2015.05.004     Document Type: Article

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