Numerical simulation of transport and sequential biodegradation of chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons using CHAIN_2D

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 13, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 2847-2859

  Schaerlaekens, J ^a,d   Mallants, D ^b   Simunek J ^c   Van Genuchten, M Th ^c   Feyen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^c U S SALINITY LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Laboratory for Soil and Water   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons (CAH's); Numerical modelling; Sorption; Transport

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; PARTITIONING COEFFICIENTS;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; BIOREMEDIATION; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DECHLORINATION; DICHLOROETHYLENE; ETHYLENE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NETHERLANDS; SIMULATION MODEL; SORPTION; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

BIODEGRADATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROCARBONS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RATE CONSTANTS; SORPTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; BIODEGRADATION; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

EID: 0033572460     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(19991215)13:17<2847::AID-HYP903>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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