Behaviour of light immiscible liquid contaminants in fractured aquifers

Geotechnique

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 747-760

  Hardisty, P E ^a   Wheater, H S ^a   Johnston, P M ^a   Bracken, R A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Contaminated land; Environmental engineering; Geology; Groundwater; Remediation

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; FRACTURE; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LIQUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY;

FRACTURED AQUIFERS;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURE NETWORK; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

EID: 0032462482     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1998.48.6.747     Document Type: Article

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