Effects of heterogeneity on influent and effluent concentrations from horizontal permeable reactive barriers

Water Resources Research

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 27-1-27-19

  Elder, Carl R ^a   Benson, Craig H ^b   Eykholt, Gerald R ^c  

^a GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^c Eykholt Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Iron wall; Permeable reactive barrier; Stochastic; Uncertainty based design

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS (PRB);

WATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REACTIVE BARRIER; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 0036702742     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001wr001259     Document Type: Article

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