Contaminant Plume Classification System Based on Mass Discharge

Ground Water

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 914-919

  Newell, Charles J ^a   Farhat, Shahla K ^a   Adamson, David T ^a   Looney, Brian B ^b  

^a GSI Environmental Inc   (United States)

^b SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CONTAMINANT PLUME; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; MASS-DISCHARGE; POTENTIAL IMPACTS;

GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS);

GROUND WATER;

ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MAGNITUDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLUME; POLLUTANT; PRIORITIZATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; GROUNDWATER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 80054924895     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2010.00793.x     Document Type: Article

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