Transport of Mecoprop through Mercia Mudstone and Oxford Clay at the laboratory scale

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 331-344

  Woodman, N D ^a   Stringfellow, A M ^a   Powrie, W ^a   Potter, H A B ^b   Simoes, A ^a,c   Marcosanti, A ^d   Lazzarini, F ^d   Pavani, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Entec UK Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATCH EXPERIMENTS; BATCH SORPTION; BATCH TESTS; BREAK THROUGH CURVE; COMPACTED CLAY LINER; CONSOLIDATED CLAY; DUAL-POROSITY; IRREVERSIBLE SORPTION; KINETIC SORPTION; LABORATORY COLUMNS; LABORATORY SCALE; LOWER BOUNDS; OXFORD CLAY; RETARDATION FACTORS; SORPTION ISOTHERMS; STREAMTUBES; TEMPORAL MOMENTS; TRANSPORT BEHAVIOUR; TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS; TRIAXIAL CELLS;

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; DYES; GROUNDWATER;

SORPTION;

CLAY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HERBICIDE; LABORATORY METHOD; LANDFILL; MUDSTONE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROSITY; REACTION KINETICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 80051816625     PISSN: 14709236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1470-9236/08-097     Document Type: Article

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