A multi-species reactive transport model to estimate biogeochemical rates based on single-well push-pull test data

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 997-1004

  Phanikumar, Mantha S ^a   McGuire, Jennifer T ^b  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion; In situ rate estimation; Inverse modeling; Microbial processes; Mobile immobile; PPTEST; Pump test; Push pull test; Reaction; Sorption

Indexed keywords

IN-SITU; INVERSE MODELING; MICROBIAL PROCESS; PUMP TEST; PUMP TESTS; PUSH-PULL TEST; PUSH-PULL TESTS; RATE ESTIMATION;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; DISPERSIONS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PUMPS; REMEDIATION; SORPTION; STRONTIUM; TEST FACILITIES; TESTING;

REACTION RATES;

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; AQUIFER; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; DISPERSION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GEOSTATISTICS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IN SITU TEST; LINEAR PROGRAMING; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIAL FLOW; REACTION KINETICS; REACTION RATE; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SORPTION;

EID: 77955053532     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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