Contaminant transport in fissured soils by three-dimensional boundary elements

International Journal of Geomechanics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-83

  Elzein, Abbas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boundary element method; Contaminants; Fissures; Porosity; Soil pollution

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CLAY; CONTAMINATION; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; IMPURITIES; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; SORPTION; WASTES;

CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; FISSURES;

SOILS;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; FISSURE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOIL POLLUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 3142718438     PISSN: 15323641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1532-3641(2003)3:1(75)     Document Type: Article

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