Source-term development for a contaminant plume for use by multimedia risk assessment models

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 205-223

  Whelan, Gene ^a   McDonald, John P ^a   Taira, Randal Y ^a   Gnanapragasam, Emmanuel K ^b   Yu, Charley ^b   Lew, Christine S ^c   Mills, William B ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual site model; Groundwater modeling; Multimedia modeling; Risk assessment; Source term modeling

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THERMAL PLUMES;

CONCEPTUAL SITE MODEL;

HYDROLOGY;

GROUND WATER; STRONTIUM 90;

DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MODEL; PLUME; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033989585     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(99)00066-2     Document Type: Article

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