Assessing preferential flow by simultaneously injecting nanoparticle and chemical tracers

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-42

  Subramanian, K ^a   Yan Li, S ^b   Cathles, L M ^a  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL TRACERS; DISPERSION PARAMETERS; EXPERIMENT DESIGN; LABORATORY APPARATUS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; PARAMETER VALUES; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; SEPARATION MEASURES;

EXPERIMENTS; NANOPARTICLES;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

CARBON; DIFFUSION; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBER; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FRACTURE FLOW; PARTICLE SIZE; PERMEABILITY; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TRACER;

EID: 84876565302     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012WR012148     Document Type: Article

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