Particle-facilitated transport of lindane in water-saturated tropical lateritic porous media

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1392-1403

  Ngueleu, Stéphane K ^a   Grathwohl, Peter ^a   Cirpka, Olaf A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CYCLOHEXANE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IONIC STRENGTH; LIGNITE; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NANOPARTICLES; POLLUTION; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SOILS; WATER QUALITY;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC C; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; INTRA-PARTICLE DIFFUSION; LINEAR DISTRIBUTION; NANOPARTICLE SIZES; SLOW BIODEGRADATION; TROPICAL COUNTRIES;

INSECTICIDES;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; LIGNITE; LINDANE; NANOPARTICLE;

ABSORPTION; ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HYDROPHOBICITY; IONIC STRENGTH; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL AND SOIL RELATED PHENOMENA; SOIL TRANSPORT; TROPICS; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 84904644905     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2013.11.0454     Document Type: Article

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