Capillary effects on natural remobilization of pools of dense non-aqueous phase liquid mixtures in porous media

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 253-268

  Roy, J W ^a   Smith, J E ^b   Gillham, R W ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dissolution; DNAPL; Ground water; Immiscible displacement; Wettability

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; WETTING;

DENSE NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID (DNAPL); IMMISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT; LIQUID MIXTURES;

POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 34147123672     PISSN: 15320383     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320380701285659     Document Type: Article

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