Experimental investigation of the applications of natural freezing and curdlan biopolymer for permeability modification to remediate DNAPL contaminated aquifers in Alaska

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-50

  D'Cunha, Niel J ^a   Misra, Debasmita ^b   Thompson, Anita M ^c  

^a Petrolog Geological   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Curdlan biopolymer; Permeability modification; Residual DNAPL; Soil remediation

Indexed keywords

ALASKA; CURDLAN BIOPOLYMER; PERMEABILITY MODIFICATION; RESIDUAL DNAPL; SOIL REMEDIATION;

AQUIFERS; BIOMOLECULES; BIOPOLYMERS; CAPILLARITY; CEMENTS; CONTAMINATION; FOOD ADDITIVES; FREEZING; GELATION; GELS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; POROUS MATERIALS; REMEDIATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; COLD REGION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FREEZING; FROZEN GROUND; PERMEABILITY; POLYMER; POROUS MEDIUM; SOIL REMEDIATION; THAWING;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349189523     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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