Unsaturated zone leaching models for assessing risk to groundwater of contaminated sites

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 28-37

  Troldborg, Mads ^a   Binning, Philip J ^a   Nielsen, Signe ^a,b   Kjeldsen, Peter ^a   Christensen, Anders G ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ORBICON   (Denmark)

^c NIRAS A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Analytical models; Contaminant transport; Risk assessment; Unsaturated zone

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; ANALYTICAL MODELS; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; AQUEOUS PHASE; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; CONTAMINATED SITES; FIELD DATUM; GAS DIFFUSIONS; GAS-PHASE; GENERAL APPROACHES; LATERAL GAS; MODEL RESULTS; MULTI-PHASE TRANSPORTS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL SCREENINGS; ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SOLUTIONS; UNSATURATED SOILS; UNSATURATED ZONE; WATER TABLES;

ADVECTION; AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGRADATION; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION IN GASES; GASES; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMPURITIES; LEACHING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISKS; SORPTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CONTAMINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LEACHING; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; VADOSE ZONE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRESH WATER; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXYGEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 59849083725     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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