Field tracer tests on the mobility of natural organic matter in a sandy aquifer

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1223-1238

  McCarthy, J F ^a   Gu, B ^a   Liang, L ^a   Mas Pla, J ^b   Williams, T M ^c   Yeh, T C J ^d  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; ORGANIC MATTER; TRACER;

ADSORPTION; AQUIFER; COASTAL PLAIN; DYNAMICS; INJECTION; MODEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SAMPLING; SOLID; SOLUTE; STEADY STATE; UNITED STATES;

AQUIFER; COASTAL AQUIFER; INJECTION EXPERIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; TRANSPORT;

USA, SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGETOWN;

EID: 0029662885     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR00285     Document Type: Article

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