Contaminant transport in an unsaturated soil: Laboratory tests and numerical simulation model as procedure for parameters evaluation

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 131-148

  Viotti, P ^a   Papini, M Petrangeli ^a   Stracqualursi, N ^a   Gamba, C ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Laboratory tests; Parameter evaluation; Phenol; Soil contamination; Transport

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; FLUIDODYNAMICS CHARACTERISTICS; LABORATORY TESTS;

BIOMASS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; IMPURITIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SOIL TESTING;

SOILS;

NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL POLLUTION; TRANSPORT PROCESS; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

BIOMASS; IMPURITIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOIL; SOIL STRUCTURE; TESTING;

EID: 11444257759     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2004.07.014     Document Type: Article

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