Groundwater flow and contaminant transport modelling at an air weapons range

Environmental Geology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 385-396

  Bordeleau, Geneviève ^a   Martel, Richard ^a   Schäfer, Dirk ^b   Ampleman, Guy ^c   Thiboutot, Sonia ^c  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air weapons range; Groundwater modelling; Nitrate; RDX

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; FLOW OF WATER; FLUID MECHANICS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMPURITIES; LAKE POLLUTION; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; MILITARY EQUIPMENT; NITRATES; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; ORDNANCE; POLLUTION DETECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; FIELD INVESTIGATIONS; HETEROGENEOUS DISTRIBUTIONS; LIMITED INFORMATION; LIVE-FIRE TRAINING; NITRATE CONCENTRATIONS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; RISK OF CONTAMINATION; SOURCE ZONE; SPRINGER (CO); ZACATECAS , MEXICO;

RIVER POLLUTION;

DETECTION METHOD; EXPLOSIVE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; MILITARY LAND; NITRATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLUME; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE WATER; WEAPON;

CANADA; COLD LAKE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 46249120691     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0984-3     Document Type: Article

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