Monitoring groundwater contamination and delineating source zones at industrial sites: Uncertainty analyses using integral pumping tests

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 107-134

  Jarsjö, Jerker ^a,b   Bayer Raich, Martí ^a,c   Ptak, Thomas ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benzene; CHC; Integral pumping test; Mass flow; Natural attenuation; PAH; Pumping well; Site assessment; Source zone; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER; INTERPOLATION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; UNDERGROUND PUMPING PLANTS; WATER WELLS;

CHC; INTEGRAL PUMPING TESTS; MASS FLOW; NATURAL ATTENUATION; PUMPING WELL; SITE ASSESSMENT; SOURCE ZONE; UNCERTAINTY;

IMPURITIES;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; BENZENE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; GROUND WATER;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; NATURAL ATTENUATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; PUMPING; REACTIVE TRANSPORT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLUID BALANCE; GERMANY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; PLUME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TIME; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

BENZENE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; UNCERTAINTY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 26044474873     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2005.05.011     Document Type: Article

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