Transport of bacteria in heterogeneous media under leaching conditions

Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 383-395

  Lo, Kei Wai ^a   Jin, Yee Chung ^a   Viraraghavan, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial transport; Filtration coefficient; Hydraulic conductivity; Porous media; Retention; Unsaturated flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250001393     PISSN: 14962551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/S02-030     Document Type: Article

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