Migration of colloids through nonfractured clay-rich aquitards

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 5640-5646

  Reszat, Thorstenn ^a,b   Hendry, M Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Nowwith O'Kane Consultants Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUITARDS; DIFFUSION CELLS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; DIFFUSIVE TRANSPORT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; EFFECTIVE POROSITY; GLACIAL TILL; HYDRODYNAMIC DIAMETER; MEAN DIAMETER; PORE THROAT; TORTUOSITY FACTOR; TOTAL POROSITY; TRANSPORT MODELING;

AQUIFERS; CLAY MINERALS; DIFFUSION; DISSOLUTION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; NATURAL POLYMERS; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC POLYMERS; STREAM FLOW;

COLLOID CHEMISTRY;

ORGANIC CARBON; POLYMER; POLYSTYRENESULFONATE SODIUM;

AQUITARD; COLLOID; DIFFUSION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; HYDRODYNAMICS; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; RESERVOIR; TILL; TORTUOSITY;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CLAY; COLLOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM SILICATES; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; COLLOIDS; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYMERS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 68049136143     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es803580x     Document Type: Article

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