Evolving interface between clean and nonaqueous phase liquid (NAPL)-contaminated regions in two-dimensional porous media

Water Resources Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 29-1-29-14

  Imhoff, Paul T ^a   Farthing, Matthew W ^a   Gleyzer, Simon N ^a   Miller, Cass T ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolution; Fractal; Instability; Mass transfer; NAPL

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; DISSOLUTION; POROUS MATERIALS;

NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS;

WATER RESOURCES;

DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PERMEABILITY; PREFERENTIAL FLOW;

EID: 0036592331     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001wr000290     Document Type: Article

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