A mixing-cell model for assessment of contaminant transport in the unsaturated zone under steady-state and transient flow conditions

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 661-677

  Rood, Arthur S ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment models; Mixing cell models; Solute transport; Unsaturated zone

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; CONTAMINATION; MOISTURE; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SORPTION; STEADY FLOW;

MIXING-CELL MODEL; UNSATURATED ZONES; WATER FLOW EQUATIONS;

WATER POLLUTION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; DISPERSION; FLOW KINETICS; HUMIDITY METER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE GRADIENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SOLUTE; STEADY STATE; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER FLOW;

EID: 8644247497     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2004.21.661     Document Type: Article

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