Predicting solute transport in structured soil using pore network models

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1082-1096

  Maximilian Kohne J ^a   Schlüter, Steffen ^a   Vogel, Hans Jörg ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AREA DENSITY; BATCH TESTS; BREAK THROUGH CURVE; BRILLIANT BLUE FCF; COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; DISSOLVED CHEMICALS; DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT; INTERFACIAL DENSITY; NETWORK MODELS; PORE-NETWORK MODELS; SANDY SOILS; SILT LOAM; SILT LOAM SOILS; SPATIAL SCALE; STRUCTURED SOIL; UNDISTURBED SOILS; X-RAY COMPUTED MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

FORECASTING; GEOLOGIC MODELS; PORE SIZE; PORE STRUCTURE; SAND; SILT; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SORPTION;

SOIL TESTING;

BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PORE SPACE; PREDICTION; SILTY LOAM; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SORPTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY; TOPOLOGY; TRACER;

EID: 84860388846     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2010.0158     Document Type: Article

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