Simultaneous counter-flow of chlorinated volatile organic compounds across the saturated-unsaturated interface region of an aquifer

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2107-2112

  Ronen, Daniel ^a,b   Lev Wiener, Hagit ^b   Graber, Ellen R ^c   Dahan, Ofer ^b   Weisbrod, Noam ^b  

^a Hydrological Service of Israel   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Saturated unsaturated interface region; Vapor counter flow; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

1 ,1 ,1-TRICHLOROETHANES; 1 ,1-DICHLOROETHENE; CHLORINATED VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND (CLVOCS); CHLORINATED VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; CIS-1 ,2-DICHLOROETHENE; COUNTER-FLOWS; INTERFACE REGIONS; TETRACHLOROETHENE;

UNSATURATED COMPOUNDS;

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; 1,2 DICHLOROETHYLENE; BENTONITE; CHLORINE; CHLOROFORM; DICHLOROETHANE; GROUND WATER; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHANE; VINYLIDENE CHLORIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; CHLOROFORM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MEASUREMENT METHOD; PHREATIC ZONE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER TABLE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 77749277254     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.12.016     Document Type: Article

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