Spatial and temporal variability in colloid dispersion as a function of groundwater injection rate within Atlantic Coastal Plain sediments

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 363-372

  Seaman, J C ^a   Bertsch, P M ^a   Kaplan, D I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COLLOID; DISPERSION; GROUNDWATER; MOBILIZATION; PERMEABILITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REMEDIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TURBIDITY;

ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547907426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2006.0048     Document Type: Article

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