Stochastic Subsurface Hydrology

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. Lynn W. Gelhar. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [349]-385) And Index.