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Cleanup of fractured rock aquifers. II. Effects of matrix diffusion and nonaqueous phase liquid

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Model calculations are used to explore the effects of the kinetics of diffusion of dissolved organic compounds into and out of low-permeability porous materials and of the rate of solution of nonaqueous phase liquid (NAPL) droplets (into the aqueous phase) on the rate of cleanup of contaminated aquifers. Two models are presented: (1) the flushing of organic compounds initially distributed as NAPL droplets in a fracture in a porous rock aquifer, and (2) the removal of organic compounds initially present as NAPL in an aquifer containing low-permeability porous clay lenses. NAPL droplet size is found to be of much less importance than the spacing of the fractures in the porous rock in the first model or the thickness of the clay lenses in the second.

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  1. David J. Wilson

    Present address: Eckenfelder Inc., 227 French Landing Drive, 37228, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

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  1. Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus Universitario de Teatinos, Universidad de Málaga, 29071, Málaga, Spain

    César Gómez-Lahoz, Rafael García Delgado & José Miguel Rodríguez Maroto

  2. Department of Chemistry, Sta. B Vanderbilt University, Box 1822, 37235, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

    David J. Wilson

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Gómez-Lahoz, C., Delgado, R.G., Rodríguez Maroto, J.M. et al. Cleanup of fractured rock aquifers. II. Effects of matrix diffusion and nonaqueous phase liquid. Environ Monit Assess 43, 153–179 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00398605

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