Transport Characteristics of Nitrite in a Shallow Sedimentary Aquifer in Northwest China as Determined by a 12-Day Soil Column Experiment

Exposure and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 381-387

  Dou, Yan ^a   Howard, Ken W F ^b   Qian, Hui ^a  

^a CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bromide; Chemical transformation; Column experiment; Convective dispersive flow; CXTFIT 2.0; Nitrite

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ENVIRONMENT; AQUIFER; BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; BROMIDE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW VELOCITY; GROUNDWATER; NITRITE; NITROGEN COMPOUND; SOIL COLUMN; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TRACER; TRANSFORMATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84983482955     PISSN: 24519766     EISSN: 24519685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12403-016-0206-x     Document Type: Article

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