Upscaling and Inverse Modeling of Groundwater Flow and Mass ...

60 CHAPTER 3. TRANSPORT UPSCALING USING MULTI- . . .
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Travel distance: 90 m
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Travel distance: 70 m
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Travel distance: 130 m
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Figure 3.4: Comparison of fine scale cumulative breakthrough curves with
those obtained by the upscaled transport models at six different control planes.