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This study used a simulation methodology for dam break analysis and flood simulation in an urbanized arid region, namely Um Al-Khair dam in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The analysis was performed using the 2011 rainf...
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Open AccessUnderstanding the Non-Gaussian Nature of Linear Reactive Solute Transport in 1D and 2D
In the present study, we examine non-Gaussian spreading of solutes subject to advection, dispersion and kinetic sorption (adsorption/desorption). We start considering the behavior of a single particle and appl...
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This paper proposes an extension of a single coupled Markov chain model to characterize heterogeneity of geological formations, and to make conditioning on any number of well data possible. The methodology is ...
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Multi-Scale and Multi-Resolution Stochastic Modeling of Subsurface Heterogeneity by Tree-Indexed Markov Chains
A new methodology is proposed to handle multi-scale heterogeneous structures. It can be of importance in the field of hydrogeology and for petroleum engineers who are interested in characterizing subsurface he...