Modeling the impact of a benzene source zone on the transport behavior of PAHs in groundwater

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3565-3571

  Russold, Sandra ^a,c   Schirmer, Mario ^a   Piepenbrink, Matthias ^b   Schirmer, Kristin ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c ARCADIS Consult GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL SITES; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID (NAPL); NYMERICAL MODELS; SOURCE ZONES;

AQUIFERS; BENZENE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZENE; CARBON; CYTOCHROME P450 1A; GROUND WATER; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AQUIFERS; BENZENE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BENZENE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; PAH; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; DISSOLUTION; FLOW RATE; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; POROSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLUBILITY; WATER POLLUTION;

ALGORITHMS; BENZENE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOLUBILITY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 33744781512     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es052583o     Document Type: Article

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