Modeling microbial transport and biodegradation in a dual-porosity system

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-65

  Sun, Y ^a,c   Petersen, J N ^a   Bear, J ^b   Clement, T P ^c   Hooker, B S ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Dual porosity; Kinetics; Microbial transport; Modeling

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

BIODEGRADATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MICROORGANISMS; POROSITY; REACTION KINETICS;

DUAL-POROSITY SYSTEM;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; BIODEGRADATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MICROORGANISM; TRANSPORT;

EID: 0032796039     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006551627151     Document Type: Article

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