Analytical contaminant Transport Analysis System (ACTS) - Multimedia environmental fate and transport

Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 181-198

  Maslia, Morris L ^a   Aral, Mustafa M ^b  

^a AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; GROUNDWATER; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY;

ANALYTICAL CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT ANALYSIS SYSTEM (ACTS); MULTIMEDIA FATE MODELS; PATHWAYS; PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS;

CONTAMINATION;

GROUNDWATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

EID: 3242662048     PISSN: 1090025X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-025X(2004)8:3(181)     Document Type: Article

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