Estimating plume degradation rates in aquifers: Effect of propagating measurement and methodological errors

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Jarsjö, Jerker ^a   Bayer Raich, Martí ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEGRADATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER FLOW;

METHODOLOGICAL ERRORS; WELL CAPTURE ZONE;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEGRADATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER FLOW;

AQUIFER; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PLUME;

EID: 41149116001     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005568     Document Type: Article

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