Modeling attenuation of volatile organic mixtures in the unsaturated zone: Codes and usage

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 329-337

  Karapanagioti, Hrissi K ^a   Gaganis, Petros ^b   Burganos, Vasilis N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

Author keywords

NAPL mixtures; Natural attenuation; Public domain codes; Unsaturated zone modeling; Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGRADATION; IMPURITIES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CONTAMINANT ATTENUATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

MODELING; NATURAL ATTENUATION; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; VADOSE ZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 0037208043     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(02)00108-1     Document Type: Article

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