A pragmatic approach for estimation of source-zone emissions at LNAPL contaminated sites

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 96, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 83-96

  Miles, B ^a   Maji, R ^b   Sudicky, E A ^b   Teutsch, G ^c   Peter, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emission; LNAPL; Mass fluxes; Multiphase modelling

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; INFILTRATION; MASS TRANSFER; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; POROSITY; REMEDIATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

LNAPL; MULTIPHASE MODELING;

IMPURITIES;

GROUND WATER;

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; IMPURITIES; INFILTRATION; MASS TRANSFER; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; POROSITY; REMEDIATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTAMINATED LAND; EMISSION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW VELOCITY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; INFILTRATION; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PERMEABILITY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POROSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW RATE; GEOLOGY; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; LIQUID; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GERMANY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 38749112998     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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