Modeling dense nonaqueous phase liquid mass removal in nonuniform formations: Linking source-zone architecture and system response

Geosphere

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 74-82

  Lemke, Lawrence D ^a   Abriola, Linda M ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminant mass flux; DNAPL remediation; DNAPL source zone; Heterogeneity; Stochastic modeling

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; HETEROGENEITY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POLLUTANT; REMEDIATION; SURFACTANT; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

EID: 33846385867     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00025.1     Document Type: Article

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