First results of operating and monitoring an innovative design of a permeable reactive barrier for the remediation of chromate contaminated groundwater

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 687-696

  Flury, Bettina ^a   Eggenberger, Urs ^a   Mäder, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; CHROMATES; CHROMIUM; CONTAMINATION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; POLLUTION; REMEDIATION; SUGAR (SUCROSE); UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

BARRIER PERFORMANCE; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATERS; CONTINUOUS BARRIERS; DATA SETS; DIFFERENT SCALE; FUNCTION OF TIME; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL; HYDROLOGICAL REGIMES; INNOVATIVE DESIGNS; LIMITING FACTORS; LONG-TERM OPERATIONS; MULTI PORTS; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS; PORE SPACES; REACTIVE MATERIALS; REDOX POTENTIALS; SAMPLING SYSTEMS; SECONDARY PHASIS; SENSITIVE PARAMETERS; SWITZERLAND;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER; CHROMATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESIGN; ELEMENT MOBILITY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INNOVATION; PLUME; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; REACTIVE BARRIER; REMEDIATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; WILLISAU;

EID: 63049086977     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.12.020     Document Type: Article

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