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Zusammenfassung Describes a major method in modelling the flow of water and transport of solutes in the subsurface! a subject of considerable interest in the exploitation and preservation of water resources. A valuable reference work for graduate students! research workers and professionals in hydrology! environmental issues! petroleum and geological engineering! and applied mathematics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Introduction: 1. Stochastic modeling of flow and transport: the broad perspective Gedeod Dagan; Part II. Subsurface Characterization and Parameter Estimation: 2. Characterization of geological heterogeneity Mary P. Anderson; 3. Application of geostatistics in subsurface hydrology Javier Samper; 4. Formulations and computational issues of the inversion of random fields Jesús Carrera, Agustín Medina, Carl Axness and Tony Zimmerman; Part III. Flow Modeling and Aquifer Management: 5. Groundwater in heterogeneous formations Peter Kitanidis; 6. Aspects of numerical methods in multiphase flows Richard E. Ewing; 7. Incorporating uncertainty into aquifer management models Steve Gorelick; Part IV. Transport in Heterogeneous Aquifers: 8. Transport of inert solutes by groundwater: recent developments and current issues Yoram Rubin; 9. Transport of reactive solutes Vladimir Cvetkovic; 10. Nonlocal reactive transport with physical and chemical heterogeneity: linear nonequilibrium sorption with random rate coefficients Bill X. Hu, Fei-Wen Deng and John Cushman; 11. Perspectives on field scale application of stochastic subsurface hydrology Lynn W. Gelhar; Part V. Fractured Rocks and Unsaturated Soils: 12. Component characterization: an approach to fracture hydrology Jane C. S. Long, Christine Doughty, Akhil Datta-Gupta, Kevin Hestir and Don Vasco; 13. Stochastic analysis of solute transport in partially saturated heterogeneous soils David Russo; 14. Field scale modeling of immiscible organic chemical spills Jack Parker; Part VI. A View to the Future: 15. Stochastic approach to subsurface flow and transport: a view to the future Shlomo Neuman....