Inverse problem of multicomponent reactive chemical transport in porous media: Formulation and applications

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Dai, Zhenxue ^a,b   Samper, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cation exchange capacity; Column experiment; Geochemical parameters; Inverse problem; Kinetics; Reactive chemical transport; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

FLUXES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; POROUS MATERIALS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WATER FLUXES;

WATER RESOURCES;

HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; KINETICS; POROUS MEDIUM; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

EID: 4143053545     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003248     Document Type: Article

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