Importance of rock matrix entry pressure on DNAPL migration in fractured geologic materials

Ground Water

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 237-244

  Slough, K J ^a   Sudicky, E A ^a   Forsyth, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PORE PRESSURE; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DENSE NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS (DNAPL);

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER; FRACTURED MEDIUM; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

EID: 0033105532     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1999.tb00979.x     Document Type: Article

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