The influence of mass transfer characteristics and porous media heterogeneity on nonaqueous phase dissolution

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1551-1567

  Mayer, Alex S ^a   Miller, Cass T ^b,c  

^a 815 RL Smith ME EM Building   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; ELUTION; MODEL; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; SIMULATION; SPECIES; VELOCITY;

NON AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; POROUS MEDIA-FLOW THROUGH;

CONTAMINATION; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; MASS TRANSFER; NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 0029663246     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR00291     Document Type: Article

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