Simulation of polychlorinated biphenyls transport in the vadose zone

Environmental Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 211-220

  Chatzikosma, Despina G ^a   Voudrias, Evangelos A ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Colloid facilitated transport; HELP model; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Soil groundwater contamination; VS2DT model

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; GROUNDWATER;

COLLOID FACILITATED TRANSPORT; HELP MODELS; SOIL GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; VS2DT MODELS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

COLLOID; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PCB; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOIL POLLUTION; SORPTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 34547751948     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0635-0     Document Type: Article

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