A field test of tracer transport and organic contaminant elution in a stratified aquifer at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal (Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.)

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 287-312

  Thorbjarnarson, Kathryn W ^a   Mackay, Douglas M ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

chlorinated organics; dispersivity; heterogeneities; permeabilities; sorption; tracer tests; volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

TRACER;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINANTS; PERMEABILITY; TRACERS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

AQUIFER; AQUIFER CONTAMINATION; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; DISPERSIVITY; GROUNDWATER; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; PERMEABILITY; STRATIFIED AQUIFER; TRACER; TRACER TRANSPORT;

USA, COLORADO, DENVER ROCKY MOUNTAIN ARSENAL;

EID: 0030621226     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(96)00015-0     Document Type: Article

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