Applied stochastic hydrogeology [[electronic resource] /] / Yoram Rubin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454171803321
• Autore: Rubin Yoram
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003
• ISBN: 0-19-756167-5; 1-280-83465-X; 0-19-803154-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (412 p.)
• Collana: Oxford scholarship online
• Disciplina: 551.49/01/5118
• Soggetti: Hydrogeology - Mathematical models; Stochastic analysis; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2003.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-384) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.