The impact of clay microstructural features on the natural attenuation of contaminants

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 179-186

  Yong, Raymond N ^a   Mulligan, Catherine N ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydraulic conductivity; Kozeny Carman; Microstructural units; Poiseuille; Wetted surface area

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; WETTING;

PERMEABILITY TESTING;

CLAY;

CLAY SOIL; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; PERMEABILITY; POLLUTANT; WETTING;

EID: 0041387435     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-1317(03)00101-7     Document Type: Article

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