Assessing the Cr(VI) reduction efficiency of a permeable reactive barrier using Cr isotope measurements and 2D reactive transport modeling

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 131, Issue 1-4, 2012, Pages 54-63

  Wanner, Christoph ^a   Zink, Sonja ^b   Eggenberger, Urs ^a   Mäder, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Permeable reactive barrier (PRB); Reactive transport modeling; Stable Cr isotopes; Tracking of Cr(VI) reduction

Indexed keywords

2-D MODEL; CONTAMINATED SITES; CR ISOTOPES; CR REDUCTIONS; DOUBLE ARRAYS; GRAY CAST IRON; GROUNDWATER VELOCITY; HOT SPOT; LONG LASTING; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS; POSITIVE VALUE; RAYLEIGH FRACTIONATION; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELING; STABLE CR ISOTOPES; SWITZERLAND; VERTICAL PILES;

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; ISOTOPES; MODELS;

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS;

CHROMIUM; GROUND WATER;

AQUIFER; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOW VELOCITY; FRACTIONATION; GRAVEL; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHROMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PERMEABILITY; SWITZERLAND; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BERN [SWITZERLAND]; SWITZERLAND; THUN;

EID: 84857025834     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: 18736009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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