Modeling excess air and degassing in groundwater by equilibrium partitioning with a gas phase

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Aeschbach Hertig, Werner ^a   El Gamal, Hany ^b   Wieser, Martin ^a   Palcsu, Laszlo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Assiut University   (Egypt)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGASSING; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

BIOGENIC GASES; DEGASSING PROCESS; DISSOLVED GASES; EQUILIBRIUM PARTITIONING; EXCESS AIR; GAS-PHASE; LABORATORY TESTING; SHALLOW GROUND WATER; SOLUBILITY EQUILIBRIUM; TRAPPED GASES; UNDER SATURATION;

GASES;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEGASSING; DIFFUSION; DISSOLVED GAS; GAS PHASE REACTION; LABORATORY METHOD; PARTITIONING; WELL;

EID: 53849101843     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006454     Document Type: Article

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