Influence of mass transfer characteristics for DNAPL source depletion and contaminant flux in a highly characterized glaciofluvial aquifer

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 105-119

  Maji, R ^a   Sudicky, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dissolution; DNAPL; Mass fluxes

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER;

AQUIFER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING WATER; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MASS TRANSFER; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

AQUEOUS HUMOR FLOW; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; DISSOLUTION; FLOW KINETICS; GEOLOGY; GERMANY; GRAIN; HYDROLOGY; KINETICS; LABORATORY; MASS; MINERALOGY; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POROSITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; POROSITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 55549103320     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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