Time scales of DNAPL migration in sandy aquifers examined via numerical simulation

Ground Water

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 147-157

  Gerhard, Jason I ^a   Pang, TiWee ^a   Kueper, Bernard H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; VISCOSITY;

CESSATION; DENSE NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS (DNAPL); MIGRATION CESSATION TIME; SAND AQUIFERS;

AQUIFERS;

SOLVENT;

AQUIFER; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MIGRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE TENSION; WATER POLLUTANT;

SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLVENTS; SURFACE TENSION; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 33847363984     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2006.00269.x     Document Type: Article

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