Effects of transverse mixing on transport of bacteria through heterogeneous porous media

Water Resources Research

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1901-1908

  Morley, Linda M ^a   Hornberger, George M ^a   Mills, Aaron L ^a   Herman, Janet S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; GROUNDWATER FLOW; TRACER;

BACTERIA; DISPERSIONS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MIXING; PORE SIZE; POROUS MATERIALS; QUARTZ;

BREAK THROUGH CURVE; CONSERVATIVE TRACERS; HETEROGENEOUS MATERIALS; HETEROGENEOUS POROUS MEDIA; PORE SIZE EXCLUSION; QUARTZ SAND; TRANSVERSE DISPERSION; TRANSVERSE MIXING;

SAND;

EID: 0031846393     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98WR01210     Document Type: Article

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