Simulation and performance assessment of partitioning tracer tests in heterogeneous aquifers

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 395-404

  Moreno Barbero, Elena ^a,b   Illangasekare, Tissa H ^b  

^a ARCADIS   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Characterization; DNAPL; Groundwater tracers; PITT

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; REMEDIATION;

AQUIFER; FLOW MODELING; TRACER;

EID: 33644755864     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/11.4.395     Document Type: Article

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