Dissolution fingering during the solubilization of nonaqueous phase liquids in saturated porous media 1. Model predictions

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1919-1928

  Imhoff, Paul T ^a,b   Miller, Cass T ^a,b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; MINERAL;

DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENT; FLOW RATE; FLUID FLOW; GANGLION; LIQUID; MODEL; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PERMEABILITY; PREDICTION; SOLUBILIZATION;

NON AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; POROUS MEDIA;

CONTAMINATION; DISSOLUTION FINGERING; GROUNDWATER; NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; SOLUBILIZATION;

EID: 0029663125     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR00602     Document Type: Review

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