Colloid transport in the subsurface:Past, present, and future challenges

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 326-337

  McCarthy, John F ^a   McKay, Larry D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; SOILS;

COLLOID TRANSPORT; COLLOIDAL PARTICLE; FUTURE CHALLENGES; GEOLOGICAL SETTING; SPECIAL SECTIONS;

COLLOIDS;

EID: 28244494933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/3.2.326     Document Type: Article

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