A PCE groundwater plume discharging to a river: Influence of the streambed and near-river zone on contaminant distributions

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 73, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 249-279

  Conant Jr , Brewster ^a   Cherry, John A ^a   Gillham, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Chlorinated hydrocarbons; Contaminant plumes; Groundwater; Sediments; Surface water

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL HETEROGENEITIES; GROUNDWATER PLUME; MULTILEVEL SAMPLERS (MLS); TETRACHLOROETHANE (PCE); VINYL CHLORIDE (VC);

BIODEGRADATION; CONTAMINATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DRY CLEANING; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; MAPPING; SAND; SOILS; THERMAL PLUMES;

RIVERS;

1,2 DICHLOROETHYLENE; GROUND WATER; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL CHLORIDE; VOLATILE AGENT;

DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

ACCURACY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DILUTION; ECOLOGY; GEOLOGY; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SAMPLER; STREAM (RIVER); TELECOMMUNICATION; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARCINOGENS; DIFFUSION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; RIVERS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 4344608328     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2004.04.001     Document Type: Article

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