Mathematical modeling of chemotactic bacterial transport through a two-dimensional heterogeneous porous medium

Bioremediation Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 13-23

  Olson, Mira Stone ^a   Ford, Roseanne M ^b   Smith, James A ^c   Fernandez, Erik J ^b  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial transport; Chemotaxis; Transport modeling; Trichloroethylene

Indexed keywords

ADVECTIVE FLOW; AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT; AQUITARDS; BACTERIAL CHEMOTAXIS; BACTERIAL TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL GRADIENTS; CHEMOTAXIS; CLAY LENS; CONTAMINANT DEGRADATION; HETEROGENEOUS POROUS MEDIUM; IN-SITU; INITIAL CONDITIONS; LOW PERMEABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; POROUS MEDIUM; SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENT; TRANSPORT MODELING;

AQUIFERS; BACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTAMINATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMPURITIES; POROUS MATERIALS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 33749019501     PISSN: 10889868     EISSN: 15476529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10889860600842886     Document Type: Article

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