Multiphase reactive transport modeling of seasonal infiltration events and stable isotope fractionation in unsaturated zone pore water and vapor at the hanford site

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 775-785

  Singleton, Michael J ^a   Sonnenthal, Eric L ^a   Conrad, Mark E ^a   de Paolo, Donald J ^a   Gee, Glendon W ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; NUMERICAL METHODS; WATER;

ALTERNATING WET AND DRIES; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; REACTIVE TRANSPORT CODES; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELING; STABLE ISOTOPE FRACTIONATIONS; STABLE ISOTOPE PROFILES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; THERMODYNAMIC DATABASE;

INFILTRATION;

EID: 18944402693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/3.3.775     Document Type: Article

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