Semianalytical model predicting transfer of volatile pollutants from groundwater to the soil surface

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 6228-6232

  Olivier, Atteia ^a   Patrick, Hohener ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; BAROMETRIC PUMPING; CAPILLARY FRINGE; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; FIELD DATA; HENRY'S LAW CONSTANT; LINEAR SOLUTION; NUMERICAL MODELS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; RISK MODEL; SEMI-ANALYTICAL; SEMI-ANALYTICAL MODEL; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SOIL SURFACES; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; VADOSE ZONE; VOLATILE FLUX; VOLATILE POLLUTANTS; WATER SATURATIONS;

GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PUMPS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

GROUND WATER; VOLATILE AGENT;

BAROMETRY; CAPILLARY FRINGE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; VADOSE ZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; VOLATILIZATION;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; PREDICTION; PROCESS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; SOIL; SOIL AND SOIL RELATED PHENOMENA; TEMPERATURE; TRANSPORT KINETICS; VOLATILIZATION;

AIR; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOIL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VOLATILIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77956510394     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es903477f     Document Type: Article

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