Transport and biogeochemical reaction of metals in a physically and chemically heterogeneous aquifer

Geosphere

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 220-235

  Scheibe, Timothy D ^a   Fang, Yilin ^a   Murray, Christopher J ^a   Roden, Eric E ^b   Chen, Jinsong ^c   Chien, Yi Ju ^a   Brooks, Scott C ^d   Hubbard, Susan S ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Heterogeneity; Modeling; Reactive transport; Uranium

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; COUPLING; DISSOLUTION; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NATURAL ATTENUATION; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; REMEDIATION; SORPTION; SURFACE AREA; URANIUM;

EID: 37549023999     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00029.1     Document Type: Article

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