Evaluating natural attenuation of groundwater pollution from a coal-carbonisation plant: Developing a local-scale model using MODFLOW, MODTMR and MT3D

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 419-426

  Davison, R M ^a   Lerner, D N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coal carbonisation; Groundwater pollution; Natural attenuation; Numerical dispersion; Telescopic mesh refinement

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ATTENUATION; BIODEGRADATION; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; CONTAMINATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

NUMERICAL DISPERSION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; COAL; GROUND WATER; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AQUIFER; ATTENUATION; BIODEGRADATION; FLOW MODELING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BIODEGRADATION; EFFLUENT; FLOW MODELING; NATURAL ATTENUATION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BIODEGRADATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; GEOGRAPHY; INDUSTRY; LINEAR SYSTEM; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUTE; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TRANSPORT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034469385     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: 17476593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2000.tb00288.x     Document Type: Article

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