Numerical experiments and field results on the size of steady state plumes

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 33-52

  Maier, U ^a   Grathwohl, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Field scale; Natural attenuation; Numerical modelling; Transverse dispersion

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER FLOW; POTABLE WATER; REACTION KINETICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY; WATER SUPPLY;

FIELD SCALE; NATURAL ATTENUATION; NUMERICAL MODELING; TRANSVERSE DISPERSIONS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

BIODEGRADATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; POTABLE WATER; REACTION KINETICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY; WATER SUPPLY;

AQUIFER; BIODEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER; NATURAL ATTENUATION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER SUPPLY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EVALUATION; FLOW RATE; GEOMETRY; KINETICS; LANDFILL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE; STOICHIOMETRY;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 33646050007     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2005.12.012     Document Type: Article

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