A colloid-facilitated transport model with variable colloid transport properties

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Robinson, Bruce A ^a   Wolfsberg, Andrew V ^a   Viswanathan, Hari S ^a   Reimus, Paul W ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; COLLOIDS; MINERALOGY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WATER ANALYSIS;

COLLOID DIVERSITY MODEL; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

COLLOID; FLOW MODELING; FLOW VELOCITY; GROUNDWATER; MASS BALANCE; MOBILITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 34347266879     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029625     Document Type: Article

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