Mobilization and rupture of LNAPL ganglia during freeze-thaw: Two-dimensional cell experiments

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 5467-5472

  Niven, Robert K ^a,b   Singh, Kamaljit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD CLIMATES; DODECANE; FEW CYCLES; FREEZE THAWING; FREEZE-THAW CYCLING; GLASS BEADS; LIGHT NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; ORDERS-OF-MAGNITUDE; PRESSURE GRADIENTS; REMOBILIZATION; RESIDUAL SATURATION; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; TRANSPORT PROCESSES; WATER TABLE;

CONCRETES; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; EXPERIMENTS; FREEZING; LIQUID PHASE EPITAXY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

THAWING;

DODECANE;

ALKANE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; MOBILIZATION; REMEDIATION;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; COLD CLIMATE; FREEZE THAWING; LIGHT NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

ALGORITHMS; ALKANES; COLD CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FREEZING; GLASS; PRESSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLUBILITY; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 48749094081     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es702442j     Document Type: Article

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