Secondary imbibition in NAPL-invaded mixed-wet sediments

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 74, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 61-81

  Al Futaisi, Ahmed ^a,b   Patzek, Tad W ^b,c  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b Dept of Civ and Environ Eng ^*  (United States)

^c Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary pressure; Initial water saturation; Mixed wet; Pore network; Relative permeability; Secondary imbibition; Trapping

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; CONTAMINATION; HYDROLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SOILS; SOLUBILITY; WELL FLOODING;

MIXED-WET SEDIMENTS; NAPL-INVADED SEDIMENTS; PORE GEOMETRIES; SECONDARY INHIBITION;

SEDIMENTS;

WATER;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PERMEABILITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WETTABILITY;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; MINERALOGY; MISCIBILITY; POROSITY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE TENSION; WATER PERMEABILITY; WETTABILITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PRESSURE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WETTABILITY;

EID: 4444316623     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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