Multicomponent reactive transport simulation of the Elder problem: Effects of chemical reactions on salt plume development

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Post, V E A ^a   Prommer, H ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

CONVECTION CELLS; ELDER PROBLEM;

FLOW OF WATER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; FLOW PATTERNS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

CHEMICAL REACTION; DENSITY CURRENT; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; FLOW PATTERN; GEOCHEMISTRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLUME; SALINE INTRUSION;

EID: 36749068853     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005630     Document Type: Article

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