Plume persistence caused by back diffusion from thin clay layers in a sand aquifer following TCE source-zone hydraulic isolation

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 86-104

  Parker, Beth L ^a   Chapman, Steven W ^a   Guilbeault, Martin A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clayey layers; Contaminant plumes; Diffusion; Groundwater; Heterogeneity; Hydrogeology; Plume tailing; Remediation; Sand aquifers; Trichloroethene

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXTRACTION METHOD; HETEROGENEITY; PERSISTENCE; PLUME; REMEDIATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER QUALITY;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLAY; DEGRADATION; DIFFUSION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MASS; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND; TIME; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SILICON DIOXIDE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 55549117120     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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