Modelling the fate of styrene in a mixed petroleum hydrocarbon plume

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 38-55

  Colombani, N ^a   Mastrocicco, M ^a   Gargini, A ^a   Davis, G B ^b   Prommer, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

BTEX; Dispersion; Modelling; Natural attenuation; Reactive transport; Styrene; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BTEX; DISPERSION; MODELLING; NATURAL ATTENUATION; REACTIVE TRANSPORT;

AQUIFERS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BENZENE; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL PLANTS; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; ETHYLBENZENE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULICS; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOMERS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; POLLUTION DETECTION; PUMPS; STYRENE; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOLUENE; TOXICITY; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; XYLENE;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; CALIBRATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEGRADATION; DISPERSION; FLOW MODELING; HYDROCARBON; NATURAL ATTENUATION; PH; PLUME; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; QUATERNARY; REACTION KINETICS; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; REDOX POTENTIAL; REMEDIATION; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWER NETWORK; TOXICITY;

CALIBRATION; FRESH WATER; HYDROCARBONS; ITALY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PETROLEUM; SEASONS; STYRENE; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PO PLAIN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 59749087964     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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