Effects of heterogeneity in aquifer permeability and biomass on biodegradation rate calculations - Results from numerical simulations

Ground Water

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 702-712

  Scholl, Martha A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CONTAMINANT; GROUND WATER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PERMEABILITY; SIMULATION; SULFATE; WATER FLOW;

AQUIFERS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; THERMAL PLUMES; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

SOFTWARE PACKAGE BIOMOC;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BTEX; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; PERMEABILITY;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BIODEGRADATION; BTEX; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0034284884     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2000.tb02706.x     Document Type: Article

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