SF6 as a conservative tracer in saturated media with high intragranular porosity or high organic carbon content

Ground Water

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 241-249

  Wilson, Ryan D ^b   Mackay, Douglas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DIFFUSION; GASES; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MASS TRANSFER; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POROSITY; SAND; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

GAS TRACERS; HIGH INTRAGRANULAR POROSITY; INJECTED GROUNDWATER TRACERS; OCTANOL WATER PARTITIONING COEFFICIENT; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0030108770     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1996.tb01884.x     Document Type: Article

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