A compartmentalized solute transport model for redox zones in contaminated aquifers: 1. Theory and development

Water Resources Research

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2001-2013

  Abrams, Robert H ^a   Loague, Keith ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSFER; KINETIC MODEL; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; REDOX REACTION; SEQUENTIAL ITERATIVE APPROACH; SIMULATION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

AQUIFER; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; COMPARTMENTALIZATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; REDOX CONDITIONS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

SIA;

AQUIFERS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; ITERATIVE METHODS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

CONTAMINATED AQUIFER; GEOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION; SEQUENTIAL ITERATION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT MODEL; SOLUTE-TRANSPORT EQUATION; THERMODYNAMIC CONSTRAINTS; TRANSPORT SIMULATION;

REDOX REACTIONS;

EID: 0033854070     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000WR900110     Document Type: Article

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