Centrifuge modeling of LNAPL transport in partially saturated sand

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1066-1071

  Esposito, G ^a,b   Allersma, H G B ^b   Selvadurai, A P S ^c  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; SAND;

NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS (NAPL); PARTIALLY SATURATED SAND;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM;

CENTRIFUGAL MODEL TEST; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SAND; SATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 0033373941     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(1999)125:12(1066)     Document Type: Article

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