Dense, viscous brine behavior in heterogeneous porous medium systems

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 115, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 46-63

  Wright, D Johnson ^a   Pedit, J A ^a   Gasda, S E ^a   Farthing, M W ^b   Murphy, L L ^c   Knight, S R ^d   Brubaker, G R ^d   Miller, C T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^c CH2M HILL   (United States)

^d AECOM   (United States)

Author keywords

DNAPL; Fingering; Instabilities; Modeling; Remediation

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; RECOVERY; REMEDIATION; STABILITY; VISCOSITY;

DENSE NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; DNAPL; FIELD-SCALE EXPERIMENTS; FINGERING; HETEROGENEOUS POROUS MEDIUM; LABORATORY AND FIELD EXPERIMENTS; POROUS MEDIUM SYSTEMS; RECOVERY STRATEGIES;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS;

CALCIUM BROMIDE; GROUND WATER;

BRINE; DENSITY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LABORATORY METHOD; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POROUS MEDIUM; REMEDIATION; SATURATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISCOSITY;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISCOSITY; WATER FLOW;

EID: 77955306531     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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