Modelling assessment of regional groundwater contamination due to historic smelter emissions of heavy metals

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 96, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 48-68

  van der Grift, Bas ^a   Griffioen, Jasper ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Catchment scale; Groundwater flow; Metal transport; Modelling; Soil

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEAVY METALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CATCHMENT-SCALE; METAL TRANSPORT;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

CADMIUM; GROUND WATER; HEAVY METAL; IRON OXIDE; METAL; ORGANIC MATTER;

CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEAVY METALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEAVY METAL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LEACHING; SMELTING; SPATIAL VARIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRANSPORT PROCESS; VADOSE ZONE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; LEACHING; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANDY SOIL; SEDIMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMELTER; SOIL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER LOADING; WATER TRANSPORT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRESH WATER; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS, HEAVY; NETHERLANDS; SOIL; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 38849166766     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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