Effects of a semipervious lens on soil vapour extraction

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 341, Issue , 1997, Pages 385-413

  Ng, Chiu On ^a   Mei, Chiang C ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECONTAMINATION; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SOIL POLLUTION; VAPORIZATION; VAPORS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; SOIL VAPOR EXTRACTION; VAPOR TRANSPORT;

EXTRACTION;

CONTAMINANTS; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; POROUS MEDIA-FLOW THROUGH; SOILS;

EID: 0031171049     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211209700565X     Document Type: Article

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