Validation of a relative permeability model for bioclogging in unsaturated soils

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mostafa, M ^a   van Geel, P J ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; GROWTH KINETICS; LEAD REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); SAND; SOILS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL CLOGGING; COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY MODEL; WASTEWATER STREAMS;

NUMERICAL MODELS;

BIOFILTRATION; BIOMASS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GROWTH RATE; KINETICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 84858234303     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2011.0044     Document Type: Article

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