Simulated recovery of light, nonaqueous phase liquid from unconfined heterogeneous aquifers

Ground Water

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 938-947

  Waddill, Dan W ^a   Parker, Jack C ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Environ Syst and Technol Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OIL SPILLS; RESIDUAL FUELS; SOILS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

LIGHT NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS (LNAPL); SANDY LOAM; SPATIAL MOMENT ANALYSIS;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER INTER REMEDIATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LNAPL; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NAPL; OIL RECOVERY; REMEDIATION;

EID: 0031282089     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1997.tb00165.x     Document Type: Article

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