Do conservative solutes migrate at average pore-water velocity?

Ground Water

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 52-62

  Rovey II, Charles W ^a   Niemann, William L ^b  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

DISCRETE SOLUTE PLUMES; HYDRAULIC GRADIENT; ONE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TRANSIENT SOLUTE FLUX;

WATER;

GROUNDWATER FLOW; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POREWATER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

CHLORIDE; FLUORESCEIN; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; WATER FLOW;

CHLORIDES; DIFFUSION; FLUORESCEIN; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOLUTIONS; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 15844375520     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2005.tb02285.x     Document Type: Article

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