Monitoring the removal of phosphate from ground water discharging through a pond-bottom permeable reactive barrier

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 43-55

  McCobb, Timothy D ^a   LeBlanc, Denis R ^a   Massey, Andrew J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM SEDIMENTS; CHEMICAL SPECIES; LATERAL SHIFTS; MULTI-PORT; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS; PORE WATERS; PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS; SAMPLING DEVICES; SEEPAGE METERS; SHALLOW PONDS; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TEST METHOD; VERTICALLY ALIGNED; WATER FLUX;

GROUNDWATER; LAKES; MONITORING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEEPAGE; WATER ANALYSIS;

WATER TREATMENT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POND; REACTIVE BARRIER; SEEPAGE;

EID: 65849440907     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: 17456592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2009.01235.x     Document Type: Article

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