Multi-scale characterisation of coastal sand aquifer media for contaminant transport using X-ray computed tomography

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1125-1137

  Dann, R ^a,b   Turner, M ^b   Close, M ^a   Knackstedt, M ^b  

^a ESR Christchurch Science Centre   (New Zealand)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquifer characterisation; Contaminant transport; Heterogeneity; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER MEDIA; AQUIFER PROPERTIES; CHARACTERISATION; COARSE-GRAINED; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; DISTRIBUTION STATISTICS; DRILL CORE; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; GRAIN DIAMETER; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; MACRO SCALE; MEAN GRAIN DIAMETER; MICRO AND MACRO; MICRO-DOMAINS; MICRO-SCALES; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; MULTIPLE SCALE; MULTISCALES; NAKED-EYE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; QUANTITATIVE DATA; SEM OBSERVATION; SPHERICITY VALUES; THREE-LAYER; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTAMINATION; CORE DRILLING; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IMPURITIES; POROSITY; QUARTZ; SCANNING; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COASTAL AQUIFER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAMETER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FELDSPAR; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HETEROGENEITY; HOMOGENEITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PERMEABILITY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POROSITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT CORE; TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY;

EID: 79958208732     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0788-8     Document Type: Article

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