Colloid mobilization and transport within unsaturated porous media under transient-flow conditions

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Saiers, James E ^a   Lenhart, John J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colloid mobilization; Colloid transport; Transport modeling

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; INFILTRATION; MASS TRANSFER; MOISTURE; POROUS MATERIALS; REACTION KINETICS; SAND; SILICA;

COLLOID MOBILIZATION;

WATER RESOURCES;

COLLOID; FLOW MODELING; POROUS MEDIUM; TRANSIENT FLOW; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

COLLOID; FLOW MODELING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM; TRANSIENT FLOW; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 17044452120     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002WR001370     Document Type: Article

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