Quantitative imaging of contaminant distributions in heterogeneous porous media laboratory experiments

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 36-54

  McNeil, J D ^a   Oldenborger, G A ^b   Schincariol, R A ^c  

^a GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contaminant plumes; Dispersion; Ground water; Image analysis; Laboratory studies; Physical models

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; GROUNDWATER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPURITIES; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); UNSATURATED COMPOUNDS;

CONTAMINANT PLUMES; LABORATORY STUDIES; PHYSICAL MODELS;

POROUS MATERIALS;

TRACER;

DISPERSIONS; GROUNDWATER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPURITIES; POROUS MATERIALS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); UNSATURATED COMPOUNDS;

DISPERSION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; POROUS MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CALIBRATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISPERSION; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LABORATORY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AUTOMATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 32144449892     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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