DNAPL distribution in the source zone: Effect of soil structure and uncertainty reduction with increased sampling density

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 96, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 169-186

  Pantazidou, Marina ^a   Liu, Ke ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

DNAPL infiltration; Field scale heterogeneity; Hazardous waste site characterization; Multiphase fluid flow

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IMPURITIES; MULTIPHASE FLOW; THERMAL PLUMES;

DNAPL INFILTRATION; FIELD-SCALE HETEROGENEITY; HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE CHARACTERIZATION;

SOILS;

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IMPURITIES; MULTIPHASE FLOW; SOILS; THERMAL PLUMES;

AQUIFER; ESTIMATION METHOD; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLUME; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOIL STRUCTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FILTRATION; PRESSURE; SOIL; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 38749116206     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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