Persistence of a Groundwater Contaminant Plume after Hydraulic Source Containment at a Chlorinated-Solvent Contaminated Site

Groundwater Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 23-32

  Matthieu, D E ^a   Brusseau, M L ^a   Guo, Z ^a   Plaschke, M ^b   Carroll, K C ^c   Brinker, F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Conestoga Rovers and Assoc Inc ^*  (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Tucson Water Authority   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EXTRACTION; GROUNDWATER;

ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIORS; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; CONTAMINANT MASS DISCHARGES; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINANT PLUME; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINANTS; PERMEABILITY HETEROGENEITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) NUMERICAL MODELS; THREE-LAYER SYSTEMS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84920272365     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: 17456592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gwmr.12077     Document Type: Article

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