A numerical model for density-and-viscosity-dependent flows in two-dimensional variably saturated porous media

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 1-20

  Boufadel, Michel C ^a   Suidan, Makram T ^a   Venosa, Albert D ^b  

^a University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beaches; Bioremediation; Freshwater; Interface; Saltwater

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; BIOREMEDIATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW OF WATER; GALERKIN METHODS; HYDRAULICS; INTEGRATION; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MASS TRANSFER; OIL SPILLS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

DISCRETIZATION; EULER METHOD; PICARD METHOD;

MARINE POLLUTION;

FRESH WATER; GROUND WATER; SEA WATER;

POROUS MEDIUM; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

POROUS MEDIUM; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

BIODEGRADATION; DENSITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOIL TREATMENT; VISCOSITY; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0032993018     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(98)00164-8     Document Type: Article

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