A diffusion-based interpretation of tetrachloroethene and trichloroethene concentration profiles in a groundwater aquitard

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2741-2757

  Ball, William P ^a   Liu, Chongxuan ^a   Xia, Guoshou ^a   Young, Dirk F ^a  

^a The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; GROUNDWATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REMEDIATION;

AQUITARD POLLUTION; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION; HYDROCARBON POLLUTANT;

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; DIFFUSION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; REMEDIATION; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

CONCENTRATION PROFILES; CONTAMINANT RELEASE; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; DIFFUSION PROPERTIES; FORENSIC ANALYSIS; GROUND WATER REMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER CLEAN-UP;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0030722497     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR02135     Document Type: Article

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