The sediment-water flux of HOCs due to "diffusion" or is there a well-mixed layer? If there is, does it matter?

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 5610-5617

  Lick, Wilbert ^a  

^a Santa Barbara   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSIVE FLUX; HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC CHEMICALS (HOC); PARTITION COEFFICIENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

CESIUM 137; CHLORPHENOTANE; GROUND WATER; LAKE WATER; LEAD 210; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RADIOISOTOPE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTS;

DIFFUSIVITY; EROSION; MASS TRANSFER; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE;

DIFFUSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

DIFFUSION; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 33748772838     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es060721j     Document Type: Review

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