Applied stochastic hydrogeology / Yoram Rubin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rubin, Yoram.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hydrogeology--Mathematical models.

Hydrogeology.

Stochastic analysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 391 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Stochastic hydrogeology is the study of subsurface, geological variability on flow and transport processes, supplementing existing theories which lack a rational framework for modeling the impact of the processes and incorporating them into predictions.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Important Terms, xiii

Symbols, xv

1 Introduction, 3

2 Fundamentals of Stochastic Site Characterization, 13

3 Estimation and Simulation, 60

4 Moments of the Flow Variables, Part I: The Flow Equation and the Hydraulic Head, 86

5 Moments of the Flow Variables, Part II: The Effective Conductivity, 121

6 Upscaling, Computational Aspects, and Statistics of the Velocity Field, 140

7 An Overview of Stochastic Tools for Modeling Transport of Tracers in Heterogeneous Media, 161

8 The Eulerian Picture: Principles of the Eulerian Approach to Modeling the Transport of Solutes, 169

9 The Lagrangian Picture, Part I: Fundamentals of the Lagrangian Approach to Solute Transport, 200

10 The Lagrangian Picture, Part II: Models and Applications of the Lagrangian Approach to Solute Transport, 217

11 Vadose Zone, Part I: Characterization and Flow Processes, 288

12 Vadose Zone, Part II: Transport, 312

13 Quantifying and Accounting for Uncertainty, 321

References, 357

Index, 385.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2003.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-384) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-756167-5

1-280-83465-X

0-19-803154-8

OCLC:

437109233