Field evidence for flow reduction through a zero-valent iron permeable reactive barrier

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 47-55

  Johnson, R L ^a,b   Thoms, R B ^a   O'Brien Johnson, R ^a   Krug, T ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHEMISTRY; EARTH SCIENCES; EXPLOSIVES; FLUID MECHANICS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; NUMERICAL METHODS; SULFATE MINERALS; TESTING; WATER WELLS;

EXPECTED VALUES; FIELD DATA; FLOW REDUCTIONS; FLOW-THROUGH; GROUND WATERS; GROUND-WATER FLOW; NUMERICAL FLOW; NUMERICAL MODELLING; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIER; TRACER TESTING; ZERO VALENT IRONS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

EXPLOSIVE; FLOW MODELING; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PERMEABILITY; SUSTAINABILITY; TESTING METHOD; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

EID: 50249085431     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: 17456592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2008.00202.x     Document Type: Article

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