LNAPL volume calculation: Parameter estimation by nonlinear regression of saturation profiles

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 88-93

  Lundegard, Paul D ^a,b   Mudford, Brett S ^c  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Economic Analysis Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FUNCTIONS; MONITORING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); WATER WELLS;

LIGHT NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; RESIDUAL WATER SATURATION; VAN GENUCHTEN CAPILLARY PARAMETERS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0032100956     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.1998.tb00732.x     Document Type: Article

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