Comparison of two-dimensional and three-dimensional simulations of dense nonaqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs): Migration and entrapment in a nonuniform permeability field

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Christ, John A ^a   Lemke, Lawrence D ^b   Abriola, Linda M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOLUTION; INFILTRATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; STATISTICS;

DENSE NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS (DNAPL); LAB-TESTED SIMULATORS; SPILL VOLUME; UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONAL SIMULATOR (UTCHEM);

FLUID DYNAMICS;

DISPERSION; HYSTERESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PERMEABILITY;

DISPERSION; HYSTERESIS; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 14944364937     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003239     Document Type: Article

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