Mass loss from LNAPL pools under fluctuating water table conditions

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 124, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1171-1177

  Reddi, Lakshmi N ^a   Han, Wei ^a   Banks, M K ^b  

^a Sunflower Networking Group   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTIVE-DISPERSIVE-REACTION EQUATION; DAMKOHLER NUMBER; NONAQUEOUS-PHASE LIQUIDS (NAPL);

BIODEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS;

BIODEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; VADOSE ZONE; WATER TABLE;

EID: 0032469582     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(1998)124:12(1171)     Document Type: Article

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