Mobilization of small DNAPL pools formed by capillary entrapment

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 137-158

  Fu, Xin ^a   Imhoff, Paul T ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary entrapment; DNAPL pools; Mobilization

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; SAND; SURFACE TENSION;

POOL MOBILIZATION;

CAPILLARITY;

SURFACTANT; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

CAPILLARY ACTION; NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POROUS MEDIUM;

CAPILLARITY; MOBILIZATION; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POROUS MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; FLOW; LIQUID; PERMEABILITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; VELOCITY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; SILICON DIOXIDE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0036225646     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(01)00194-2     Document Type: Article

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