Determining actual LNAPL plume thickness: Review and case study in a fractured aquifer

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 347-360

  Dippenaar, Matthys A ^a   Sole, M D ^b   Van Rooy, J L ^c   du Toit, Giep J ^a   Reynecke, J L ^a  

^a Geo Pollution Technologies   (South Africa)

^b Dept Water Affairs and Forestry ^*  (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bail down test; Concawe; Fractured aquifer; Free phase; Hydrocarbon; LNAPL

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES; CONTAMINATION; FRACTURE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCARBONS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; ROCKS; WATER LEVELS;

FRACTURED AQUIFER; FREE PHASE; HYDROCARBON PLUME; LIGHT NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID (LNAPL);

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PLUME;

EID: 28744432831     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-005-0278-5     Document Type: Review

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