The effect of entrapped nonaqueous phase liquids on tracer transport in heterogeneous porous media: Laboratory experiments at the intermediate scale

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 67, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 247-268

  Barth, Gilbert R ^a,b,d   Illangasekare, Tissa H ^c   Rajaram, Harihar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^d Waterstone   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma ray attenuation system; Heterogeneous systems; High saturation NAPL entrapment; Nonaqueous phase liquids; Temporal moments; Tracer tests

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; POROUS MATERIALS;

BREAKTHROUGH CURVES;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

HYDROCARBON; TRACER;

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPERIMENT; GAMMA RADIATION; INJECTION; LABORATORY; LIQUID; MEASUREMENT; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; REFERENCE VALUE; SIMULATION; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOLUBILITY; SPILLAGE; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

EID: 0242607672     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(03)00066-4     Document Type: Article

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