Computed tomography imaging of air sparging in porous media

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3013-3024

  Chen, May Ru ^a   Hinkley, Richard E ^a   Killough, John E ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); WATER;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CLASSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGING; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SAND; SIMULATION; SPARGING; STEADY STATE; X RAY;

PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIA; TOMOGRAPHY;

AIR SPARGING; GROUNDWATER; IMAGING; POROUS MEDIUM; REMEDIATION; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029863794     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR01136     Document Type: Article

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