Transport and time lag of chlorofluorocarbon gases in the unsaturated zone, rabis creek, Denmark

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1249-1261

  Engesgaard, Peter ^a   Højberg, Anker L ^b   Hinsby, Klaus ^b   Jensen, Karsten H ^a   Laier, Troels ^b   Larsen, Flemming ^c   Busenberg, Eurybiades ^d   Niel Plummer, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; FLOW OF WATER; NUMERICAL MODELS;

ADVECTIVE-DISPERSIVE TRANSPORT; AIR-WATER EXCHANGE; ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; ATMOSPHERIC INPUTS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; TORTUOSITY COEFFICIENTS;

GROUNDWATER;

EID: 33746186614     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/3.4.1249     Document Type: Article

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