Quantification of gas-phase trapping within the capillary fringe using computed microtomography

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Mohammadian, Sadjad ^a   Geistlinger, Helmut ^a   Vogel, Hans Jörg ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GROUNDWATER; POROUS MATERIALS; TOMOGRAPHY;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION; COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; COMPUTED MICROTOMOGRAPHY; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PHASE DISTRIBUTION; RESIDUAL GAS SATURATION; RESIDUAL SATURATION; X-RAY COMPUTED MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

GASES;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; BUOYANCY FORCING; CAPILLARY FRINGE; GAS PHASE REACTION; GRAIN SIZE; MASS TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SATURATION; SURFACE AREA; TOMOGRAPHY; VISCOSITY; WATER TABLE;

EID: 84924932693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2014.06.0063     Document Type: Article

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