Measuring spatial variability of vapor flux to characterize vadose-zone VOC sources: Flow-cell experiments

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 167, Issue , 2014, Pages 32-43

  Mainhagu, J ^a   Morrison, C ^a   Truex, M ^b   Oostrom, M ^b   Brusseau, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow cell experiment; Source characterization; Vadose zone; Vapor phase tomography; VOC

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CONTAMINANT MASS DISCHARGES; FLOW CELLS; SOURCE CHARACTERIZATION; TEMPORAL CONCENTRATIONS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; VADOSE ZONE; VAPOR CONCENTRATIONS; VAPOR PHASE; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; VADOSE ZONES; VAPOR FLUXES;

EXTRACTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; SOIL POLLUTANT;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL VARIATION; VADOSE ZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; ADVECTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIFFUSION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW RATE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPORT KINETICS; VAPOR; VAPOR PHASE TOMOGRAPHY; ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; SOIL POLLUTANT; THEORETICAL MODEL; CALIBRATION; DIFFUSION; DILUTION; EXTRACTION; MONITORING; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; POROSITY; SIMULATION; VAPOR FLUX;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84906841393     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: 18736009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2014.07.007     Document Type: Article

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