Role of macropore continuity and tortuosity on solute transport in soils: 1. Effects of initial and boundary conditions

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 299-321

  Allaire, S E ^a   Gupta, S C ^b   Nieber, J ^b   Moncrief, J F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breakthrough curves; Modeling; Preferential flow; Solute distribution

Indexed keywords

SOILS; TRANSITION FLOW; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WATER;

MACROPORE TORTUOSITY;

HYDROLOGY;

RAIN;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROSITY; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; SOIL; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MACROPORE; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; SOIL WATER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW KINETICS; MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOLUTE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

BENZENESULFONATES; BROMIDES; COLORING AGENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; POROSITY; RHODAMINES; SOIL; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0036805405     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(02)00035-9     Document Type: Article

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