A field and laboratory investigation of air fingering during air sparging

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 134-145

  Clayton, Wilson S ^a,b  

^a Fluor Daniel GTI Inc   (United States)

^b NSF Engineering Research Center for Reinventing the Nation s Urban Water Infrastructure   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; BUOYANCY; CHANNEL FLOW; FLOW PATTERNS; PRESSURE; SAND; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

AIR FINGERING; AIR GRADIENTS; AIR SPARGING; CAPILLARY PRESSURE;

GROUNDWATER;

EID: 0032100963     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.1998.tb00737.x     Document Type: Article

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