Integral quantification of contaminant mass flow rates in a contaminated aquifer: Conditioning of the numerical inversion of concentration-time series

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 29-38

  Herold, Maria ^a   Ptak, Thomas ^a   Bayer Raich, Marti ^b   Wendel, Thomas ^c   Grathwohl, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Integral pumping tests; Plume delineation; Remediation optimisation

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE CONCENTRATIONS; CONCENTRATION-TIME; CONDITIONING; CONTAMINANT PLUMES; CONTAMINATED AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATED AREAS; CONTROL PLANES; DIRECT PUSHES; FLOW AND TRANSPORTS; GROUNDWATER FLOW DIRECTIONS; HETEROGENEOUS AQUIFERS; INTEGRAL PUMPING TESTS; INVERSION CODES; MASS FLOW RATES; MONITORING WELLS; NUMERICAL INVERSIONS; PLUME DELINEATION; PUMPING WELLS; REMEDIATION STRATEGIES;

AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; FLOW RATE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMPURITIES; MASS TRANSFER; POLLUTION; PUMPS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TESTING; TIME SERIES; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WELLS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER FLOW; HETEROGENEITY; NUMERICAL METHOD; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FRESH WATER; GERMANY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 62649097710     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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