Modeling the effects of nonlinear equilibrium sorption on the transport of solute plumes in saturated heterogeneous porous media

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 893-905

  Abulaban, A ^a   Nieber, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Equilibrium sorption; Freundlich isotherm; Particle tracking random walk; Porous media; Retardation; Solute transport

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; EXTRAPOLATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMAL PLUMES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

FREUNDLICH ISOTHERMS; NONLINEAR EQUILIBRIUM SORPTIONS; SATURATED HETEROGENEOUS POROUS MEDIA;

WATER RESOURCES;

PLUME; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM; SORPTION;

EID: 0034083554     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1708(00)00010-5     Document Type: Article

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