Geophysical constraints on contaminant transport modeling in a heterogeneous fluvial aquifer

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 72-88

  Bowling, Jerry C ^a   Zheng, Chunmiao ^a   Rodriguez, Antonio B ^b   Harry, Dennis L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquifer heterogeneity; Contaminant transport modeling; Hydrogeophysics; MADE site; Resistivity

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC MODELS; REMEDIATION;

AQUIFER HETEROGENEITY; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT MODELING; HYDROGEOPHYSICS; MACRO DISPERSION EXPERIMENTS (MADE); RESISTIVITY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER;

AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC MODELS; REMEDIATION;

AQUIFER; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; DISPERSION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLOWMETER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLUTE; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; WATER FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGY; MISSISSIPPI; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RIVERS; TRITIUM; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

COLUMBUS [MISSISSIPPI]; MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646033440     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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