Simplified method of 'push-pull' test data analysis for determining in situ reaction rate coefficients

Ground Water

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 314-324

  Haggerty, R ^a   Schroth, M H ^b   Istok, J D ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Oregon State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; DENITRIFICATION; DISPERSIVITY; EXTRACTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; KINETICS; MONITORING; PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PUSH PULL TEST;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BREAKTHROUGH CURVES; IN SITU REACTION RATE COEFFICIENTS; PUSH PULL TESTS;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; DATA ANALYSIS; PUSH-PULL TEST;

EID: 0032032852     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1998.tb01097.x     Document Type: Article

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