Research Catalog

Title

Stochastic subsurface hydrology / Lynn W. Gelhar.

Author

Gelhar, L. W.

Publication

Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, c1993.

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Description

x, 390 p. : ill.; 29 cm.

Subject

• Aquifers > Data processing
• Aquifers > Mathematical models
• Stochastic Processes
• Stochastic processes

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-385) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ch. 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Groundwater and Natural Variability -- 1.2. Physical Description of Subsurface Flow -- 1.3. Stochastic Approach and Concepts -- 1.4. Background and Scope -- Ch. 2. Stochastic Description -- 2.1. Probability and Random Variables -- 2.2. Stochastic Processes and Time Series -- 2.3. Spatial Variability and Random Fields -- 2.4. Stochastic Differential Equations and Methods -- Ch. 3. Temporally Variable Subsurface Flow -- 3.1. Lumped-Parameter Water-Balance Models -- 3.2. Dynamic Response of Distributed-Parameter Aquifer Models -- 3.3. Dynamic Response of Groundwater-Quality Models -- 3.4. Other Applications and Approaches -- Ch. 4. Spatial Variability in Subsurface Flow -- 4.1. Hydraulic Conductivity Variations in Steady Saturated Flow -- 4.2. Boundary Effects, Nonstationary, and Conditioning -- 4.3. Unconfined Aquifers and Unsteady Saturated Flow -- 4.4. Interpretation of Saturated Flow Results -- 4.5. Unsaturated Flow in Heterogeneous Soils -- 4.6. Flow in Fractured Rocks -- 4.7. Sensitivity Analysis -- Ch. 5. Transport Processes in Heterogeneous Media -- 5.1. Mixing in Saturated Flow -- 5.2. Multidimensional Macrodispersion -- 5.3. Concentration Variability -- 5.4. Other Effects in Dispersive Transport Processes -- 5.5. Solute Transport in Fractured Rocks -- Ch. 6. Stochastic Characterization and Geostatisics -- 6.1. Observations of Spatial Structure -- 6.2. Geostatisics and Kriging -- 6.3. Statistical Inference and Sampling-Network Design -- 6.4. Geostatistical Approach to the Inverse Problem.

ISBN

0138467676

LCCN

^^^93009519^

OCLC

27428576

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