Stochastic analysis of nonlinear biodegradation in regimes controlled by both chromatographic and dispersive mixing

Water Resources Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Janssen, Gijs M C M ^a   Cirpka, Olaf A ^b   Van Der Zee, Sjoerd E A T M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DISPERSIONS; MIXING; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; POROUS MATERIALS; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

CHROMATOGRAPHIC MIXING; DISPERSIVE MIXING; NONLINEAR BIODEGRADATION; STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS;

BIODEGRADATION;

AQUIFERS; BIODEGRADATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DISPERSIONS; MIXING; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; POROUS MATERIALS; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

AQUIFER; BIODEGRADATION; DISPERSION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MIXING; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

EID: 33644806173     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004042     Document Type: Article

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