Experimental investigation of contaminant migration in filled fracture

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1205-1211

  Huang, Yong ^a   Tang, Yuzhou ^a   Zhou, Zhifang ^a   Yu, Zhongbo ^b,c  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c State Key Laboratory of Hydrology Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering   (China)

Author keywords

Double tube fracture model; Filled fracture; Single tube fracture model; Solute transport

Indexed keywords

FLOW VELOCITY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULICS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

CONTAMINANT MIGRATION; DISPERSION PARAMETERS; EXPERIMENT EQUIPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FILLED FRACTURE; FRACTURE LENGTH; SINGLE TUBES; TUBE FRACTURE;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84892668861     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2524-7     Document Type: Article

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