Foam delivery of amendments for Vadose zone remediation: Propagation performance in unsaturated sediments

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 757-767

  Zhong, Lirong ^a   Szecsody, Jim E ^a   Zhang, Fred ^a   Mattigod, Shas V ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE DIAMETER; BUBBLE RUPTURE; COLUMN TEST; CONTENT DISTRIBUTION; EFFECTIVE VISCOSITY; FIELD REMEDIATION; FOAM FLOW; FOAM TRANSPORT; INJECTION PRESSURES; INJECTION RATES; LIQUID UPTAKE; LOW WATER-CONTENT; PRESSURE BUILD UP; SEDIMENT PERMEABILITY; TRANSPORT BEHAVIOR; UNSATURATED CONDITION; VADOSE ZONE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GROUNDWATER; LIQUIDS; POLLUTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER CONTENT;

WATER INJECTION;

BUBBLE; DIAMETER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOAM; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE EFFECT; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL REMEDIATION; VADOSE ZONE; VISCOSITY; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 79955994655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2010.0007     Document Type: Article

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