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The Recovery of an Anisotropic Conductivity in Groundwater Modelling

Ian Knowles Department of Mathematics, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, 35294
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Aimin Yan Department of Mathematics, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, 35294
Pages 1347-1365 | Published online: 09 Sep 2010

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