Modelling of contaminant transport within a marshland environment

Waste Management

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 649-661

  Fernandes, L ^a   Warith, M A ^b   La Forge, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Constoga Rovers and Associates ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER;

ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION;

LANDFILL; MARSHES; MODELLING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

LANDFILL; LEACHATE; MARSH; MODELLING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SURFACE WATER QUALITY;

CANADA, ONTARIO, PEMBROKE;

ADSORPTION; DIFFUSION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LAND FILL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS; WATER QUALITY;

DILUTION; MARSHLAND;

IMPURITIES;

EID: 0030300259     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-053X(97)00006-8     Document Type: Article

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