Assessment of advective porewater movement affecting mass transfer of hydrophobic organic contaminants in marine intertidal sediment

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 5842-5848

  Cho, Yeo Myoung ^a   Werner, David ^b   Moffett, Kevan B ^c   Luthy, Richard G ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTIVE FLOW; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BIOACTIVE ZONES; CONTAMINANT RELEASE; DARCY VELOCITY; HEAT TRANSPORT; HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC COMPOUND; HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; IN-SITU; INTERTIDAL SEDIMENTS; LIMITING CASE; MASS TRANSFER MODELS; MECHANICAL DISPERSION; MODELING TECHNIQUE; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; MUDFLATS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL HEAT; PILOT SCALE TEST; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; PORE WATERS; SAN FRANCISCO; SEDIMENT LAYERS; SORBENT PARTICLES; STABILIZATION EFFECTS; TEST SITE; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL DIRECTION;

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; DISPERSIONS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMPURITIES; MARINE POLLUTION; MASS TRANSFER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SHIPS; SORBENTS; SORPTION; STABILIZATION;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SORBENT;

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROPHOBICITY; MARINE SEDIMENT; MARSH; MASS TRANSFER; MUDFLAT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; POREWATER;

ARTICLE; DISPERSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; POLLUTANT; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; VELOCITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEASONS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SOUTH BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955105806     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es903583y     Document Type: Article

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