Simulation of nitrate transport and wastewater seepage in groundwater flow system

International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1367-1376

  Lalehzari, R ^a,c   Tabatabaei, S H ^a   Kholghi, M ^b  

^a SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Advection; Aquifer; Dispersion and contamination; Modeling

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; MODELS; NITRATES; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WATER QUALITY;

ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT; GROUNDWATER FLOW SYSTEMS; LONGITUDINAL DISPERSIVITY; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; SATURATED POROUS MEDIA; SOLUTE TRANSPORT MODEL; WASTEWATER SEEPAGE;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; GIS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NITRATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; SEEPAGE; SEMIARID REGION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WASTEWATER; WATER RESOURCE;

IRAN; TEHRAN [IRAN];

EID: 84886727911     PISSN: 17351472     EISSN: 17352630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13762-013-0213-4     Document Type: Article

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