Effect of uncertain hydraulic conductivity on the simulated fate and transport of BTEX compounds at a field site

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 767-776

  Lu, Guoping ^a   Zheng, Chunmiao ^b   Wolfsberg, Andrew ^c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzene; Biodegradation; Fuzzy sets; Hydraulic conductivity; Model analysis; Monte Carlo method; Shape; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DENITRIFICATION; IRON; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REDUCTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; XYLENE;

AEROBIC RESPIRATION; BTEX COMPOUNDS; PLUME SPREADING; SPATIALLY CORRELATED RANDOM FIELDS;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

BTEX; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NATURAL ATTENUATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

EID: 18844421662     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2005)131:5(767)     Document Type: Article

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