A large-scale experiment on mass transfer of trichloroethylene from the unsaturated zone of a sandy aquifer to its interfaces

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 60, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 31-53

  Jellali, Salah ^a   Benremita, Hocine ^a   Muntzer, Paul ^a   Razakarisoa, Olivier ^a   Schäfer, Gerhard ^a  

^a UMR 7005   (France)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Capillary fringe; Experimental site; Mass transfer; Trichloroethylene; Vapors

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DIFFUSION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MASS TRANSFER;

VAPOR TRANSPORT;

HYDROLOGY;

GROUND WATER; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

AQUIFER; MASS TRANSFER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNSATURATED FLOW;

AQUIFER; MASS TRANSFER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNSATURATED FLOW;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DISPERSION; EXPERIMENT; GAS DIFFUSION; GAS TRANSPORT; LIQUID; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLER; SAMPLING; SOIL; SURFACE PROPERTY; VAPOR; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TRANSPORT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOLVENTS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VOLATILIZATION; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0037210240     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(02)00062-1     Document Type: Article

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