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Part of the book series: Theory and Applications of Transport in Porous Media ((TATP,volume 2))

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In this chapter the finite difference method is presented, for problems of steady and nonsteady groundwater flow. The presentation will be oriented towards the introduction of simple computer programs, written in BASIC, that can be run on personal computers.

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© 1987 D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland

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Bear, J., Verruijt, A. (1987). The Finite Difference Method. In: Modeling Groundwater Flow and Pollution. Theory and Applications of Transport in Porous Media, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3379-8_9

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