Demonstration of optimization techniques for groundwater plume remediation using iTOUGH2

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 665-680

  Finsterle, Stefan ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination; iTOUGH2; Multiphase flow; Optimization; Remediation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONTAMINATION; LABORATORIES; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; REMEDIATION;

ITOUGH2; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; PLUME REMEDIATION;

GROUNDWATER;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER; POLLUTANT; REMEDIATION;

EID: 33645539405     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2004.11.012     Document Type: Article

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