Influence of cyclic freeze-thaw on the mobilization of LNAPL and soluble oil in a porous media

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-18

  Iwakun, Olumide ^a   Biggar, Kevin ^a,b   Sego, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b BGC ENGINEERING INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fissures; Freezing; Freezing displacement; LNAPL; Micro cracks; Thawing

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK FRACTURE; CYCLIC FREEZE-THAW; CYCLIC FREEZING; FISSURES; FREEZE-THAW; GLASS BEAD; GLASS PLATE; HIGH-RESOLUTION DIGITAL CAMERAS; LAPSE PHOTOGRAPHY; LNAPL; MIGRATION PATHWAY; OBSERVATION AND MEASUREMENT; ORGANIC SOLUTES; PERMAFROST ENVIRONMENT; POROUS MEDIA; TEST PROCEDURES; TOPDOWN; VOLUME RATIO; WATER MIXTURE; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; CAMERAS; CRACKS; GLASS; POROUS MATERIALS; TESTING; THAWING;

FREEZING;

BEDROCK; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISSURE; FRACTURED MEDIUM; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; FREEZING; FROZEN GROUND; MICROCRACK; MOBILIZATION; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; OIL; PERMAFROST; POROUS MEDIUM; THAWING;

EID: 77956460750     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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