A case against Kd-based transport models: Natural attenuation at a mill tailings site

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 351-359

  Zhu, Chen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminant; Coupled processes; Geochemical modeling; Transport

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; URANIUM;

MASS TRANSPORT;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; MODELING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TAILINGS; URANIUM;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MASS TRANSPORT; MODELING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TAILINGS; URANIUM;

(WEST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038031898     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-3004(03)00010-4     Document Type: Article

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