Field scale characterization and modeling of contaminant release from a coal tar source zone

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 120-139

  D'Affonseca, Fernando M ^a   Blum, Philipp ^a   Finkel, Michael ^a   Melzer, Reiner ^b   Grathwohl, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b URS Deutschland GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coal tar; Cone penetration testing; Contaminant release; DNAPL; Laser induced fluorescence; Mass flux; Naphthalene; Source Depletion model; Source zone

Indexed keywords

COAL TAR; PHENANTHRENE;

COAL TAR; CONTAMINATED LAND; FIELD METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOLOGY; GEOMETRY; HYDROLOGY; MASS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW;

CALIBRATION; COAL TAR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GERMANY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SOLUBILITY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 55549090339     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2008.03.011     Document Type: Article

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