The use of laboratory-determined ion exchange parameters in the predictive modelling of field-scale major cation migration in groundwater over a 40-year period

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 55-81

  Carlyle, Harriet F ^a   Tellam, John H ^b   Parker, Karen E ^b  

^a Earth Tech Engineering Limited   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contaminant transport modelling; Ion exchange; Seawater intrusion; Triassic Sandstone

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; AQUIFERS; CALCIUM; ION EXCHANGE; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; MIXING; PH EFFECTS; POSITIVE IONS; POTASSIUM; REDUCTION; SODIUM;

CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY (CEC);

GROUNDWATER;

CALCIUM ION; GROUND WATER; MAGNESIUM ION; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

AQUIFER; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SALINE INTRUSION; SANDSTONE; TRIASSIC;

ALKALINITY; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; ESTUARY; ION EXCHANGE; MODEL; PH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0346155733     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(03)00125-6     Document Type: Article

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