Dense nonaqueous phase liquid architecture and dissolution in discretely fractured sandstone blocks

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1877-1883

  Schaefer, Charles E ^a   Callaghan, Amy V ^a,b   King, Jared D ^c   Mccray, John E ^c  

^a Shaw Environmental Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APERTURE RATIOS; BEDROCK FRACTURES; DENSE NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; DISCRETE FRACTURES; DISSOLUTION RATES; FLOW CHARACTERISTICS; FLOW PATHS; FRACTURED SANDSTONES; GRAIN DIAMETERS; INTERFACIAL AREAS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; RESIDUAL SATURATIONS; ROCK FRACTURES; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SPECIFIC INTERFACIAL AREAS;

ETHYLENE; FRACTURE; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROCKS; SAND; SANDSTONE;

DISSOLUTION;

TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LABORATORY METHOD; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; SANDSTONE; SATURATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; ROCK; SAND; VELOCITY; WATER FLOW;

GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SOLUBILITY; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 64549141888     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8011172     Document Type: Article

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