Length of 3-D mixing-controlled plumes for a fully penetrating contaminant source with finite width

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Liedl, R ^a   Yadav, P K ^a   Dietrich, P ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2-D MODEL; 3D MODELS; BIMOLECULAR REACTION; CONTAMINANT SOURCES; CONTAMINATED AQUIFER; DEVELOPED MODEL; FINITE WIDTH; PLUME LENGTH; STEADY STATE; VERTICAL DIRECTION;

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; AQUIFER POLLUTION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER PLUME; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 80052524263     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009710     Document Type: Article

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