Effects of flow bypassing and nonuniform NAPL distribution on the mass transfer characteristics of NAPL dissolution

Water Resources Research

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1657-1673

  Soerens, Thomas S ^a   Sabatini, David A ^b   Harwell, Jeffrey H ^b  

^a 3202 Bell Engineering Center   (United States)

^b University of Oklahoma   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NAPL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; POROUS MATERIALS;

AQUEOUS SOLUBILITY; EQUILIBRIUM PARTITIONING; MASS TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; MASS TRANSFER THEORIES; MASS-TRANSFER KINETICS; NON-EQUILIBRIUM DISSOLUTION; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; WATER CONCENTRATIONS;

MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 0031841008     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98WR00554     Document Type: Article

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