Modeling of contaminant transport in soils considering the effects of micro- and macro-heterogeneity

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 404, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 332-338

  Mousavi Nezhad, M ^a   Javadi, A A ^a   Rezania, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contaminant transport; Dual domain; Soil heterogeneity; Stochastic finite element method

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; DUAL-DOMAIN; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIRST ORDER KINETICS; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; MEASURED DATA; MICROHETEROGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SINGLE DOMAINS; SOIL HETEROGENEITY; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STOCHASTIC APPROACH; STOCHASTIC FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STOCHASTIC FINITE ELEMENTS; TWO DOMAINS; WATER FLUX;

COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDRAULICS; SOILS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUX MEASUREMENT; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; LYSIMETER; NUMERICAL MODEL; REACTION KINETICS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLUTE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 79959200363     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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