Modeling colloid-facilitated transport of multi-species contaminants in unsaturated porous media

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 92, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 162-183

  Massoudieh, Arash ^a   Ginn, Timothy R ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Colloid facilitated; Contaminant; Numerical model; Sorption

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; COMPUTATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SORPTION;

COLLOID ENTRAPMENT; PHASE SORPTION MODELS; SOLID MATRIX; UNSATURATED FLOW;

POROUS MATERIALS;

CHEMICAL AGENT; WATER;

COLLOIDS; COMPUTATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SORPTION;

COLLOID; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM; RICHARDS EQUATION; UNSATURATED FLOW; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

ADSORPTION; AIR; ARTICLE; COLLOID; DISSOLUTION; FLOW KINETICS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SIMULATION; SOLID; SURFACE PROPERTY;

COLLOIDS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POROSITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 34250756616     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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