A combined PHREEQC-2/parallel fracture model for the simulation of laminar/non-laminar flow and contaminant transport with reactions

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 117, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 94-108

  Masciopinto, Costantino ^a   Volpe, Angela ^a   Palmiotta, Domenico ^a   Cherubini, Claudia ^b  

^a WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Contaminant transport; Fractures flow; Geochemical model; Groundwater pollution

Indexed keywords

BEDDING PLANES; BIODEGRADATION RATE; CHEMICAL SPECIES; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT; CODE VERIFICATION; COMBINED MODEL; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; FIELD TEST; FRACTURED AQUIFER; FRACTURED MEDIA; GEOCHEMICAL MODELS; LAMINAR AND TURBULENT FLOW; LAMINAR FLOW RESISTANCE; MODEL PREDICTION; PARALLEL FRACTURES; PARTICLE TRACKING; PHREEQC; REACTIVE PROCESS; SOUTHERN ITALY; TRANSPORT EQUATION; VARIABLE APERTURE;

AQUIFERS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; FRACTURE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; ION EXCHANGE; LAMINAR FLOW; MICROBIOLOGY; PARALLEL FLOW; PHENOLS; POLLUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

MINERAL; PHENOL;

BIOREMEDIATION; FLOW MODELING; FRACTURE FLOW; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LAMINAR FLOW; NITRATE; PHENOL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TURBULENT FLOW;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL MODEL; DENSITY GRADIENT; DESORPTION; DISSOLUTION; FLOW RATE; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ION EXCHANGE; LAMINAR FLOW; PRECIPITATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; ION EXCHANGE; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHENOLS; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77956266961     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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