Application of a reactive transport model for interpreting non-conservative tracer experiments: The Rio Maior case-study

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 167-181

  Leitão, Teresa E ^a   Lobo Ferreira, J P ^a   Valocchi, Albert J ^b  

^a NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

conservative non conservative tracers; groundwater; reactive transport models; tracer experiments

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER;

ARTICLE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER POLLUTION;

HYDROGEOLOGY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRACERS; TRANSPORT PHENOMENA;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODEL; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRACER; TRACER EXPERIMENT;

PORTUGAL, RIO MAIOR;

EID: 0030274209     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(96)00008-3     Document Type: Article

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