The influence of dimensionality on simulations of mass recovery from nonuniform dense non-aqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) source zones

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 401-412

  Christ, John A ^a   Lemke, Lawrence D ^b   Abriola, Linda M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

DNAPL; Modeling; Source zone; Three dimensional; Two dimensional

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; DISSOLUTION; FORECASTING; LIQUIDS; RECOVERY; SUGAR (SUCROSE); THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

2-D NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; 2D SIMULATIONS; 3-D SIMULATIONS; AVERAGE BEHAVIORS; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; CONTAMINANT FLUXES; CONTAMINATED AREAS; DENSE NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; DNAPL; DNAPL SOURCE ZONES; ENSEMBLE AVERAGES; INITIAL CONDITIONS; MASS FLUXES; MASS RECOVERIES; MODELING; MODELING STUDIES; NON-UNIFORM; NONUNIFORM MEDIAS; PERMEABILITY FIELDS; SOURCE ZONE; TETRACHLOROETHENE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); THREE-DIMENSIONAL DOMAINS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSE WATER; FLOW MODELING; PERMEABILITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 61349176451     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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