PMID- 21262552
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110616
LR  - 20211020
IS  - 1873-6009 (Electronic)
IS  - 0169-7722 (Print)
IS  - 0169-7722 (Linking)
VI  - 123
IP  - 3-4
DP  - 2011 Apr 25
TI  - Assessment of a simple function to evaluate the relationship between mass flux 
      reduction and mass removal for organic-liquid contaminated source zones.
PG  - 104-13
LID - 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2010.12.011 [doi]
AB  - The efficacy of a simple mass-removal function for characterizing 
      mass-flux-reduction/mass-removal behavior for organic-liquid contaminated source 
      zones was evaluated using the data obtained from a series of flow-cell 
      experiments. The standard function, which employs a constant exponent, could not 
      adequately reproduce the non-singular (multi-step) behavior exhibited by the 
      measured data. Allowing the exponent to change as a function of mass removal (as 
      the organic-liquid distribution and relative permeability change) produced 
      non-singular relationships similar to those exhibited by the measured data. Four 
      methods were developed to dynamically inform the exponent through use of 
      measurable system-indicator parameters. Key factors that mediate the magnitude of 
      mass flux (dilution and source accessibility) were accounted for using measures 
      of source zone cross-sectional area, ganglia-to-pool (GTP) ratio, and relative 
      permeability. The two methods that incorporated only the ganglia-to-pool ratio 
      produced adequate simulations of the observed behavior for early stages of mass 
      removal, but not for later stages. The method that incorporated parameters 
      accounting for the source zone cross-sectional area (i.e., measure of system 
      dilution) and source accessibility (GTP ratio and relative permeability) provided 
      the most representative simulations of the observed data.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
FAU - DiFilippo, Erica L
AU  - DiFilippo EL
AD  - Hydrology and Water Resources, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 
      University of Arizona, 429 Shantz Building, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
FAU - Brusseau, Mark L
AU  - Brusseau ML
LA  - eng
GR  - P42 ES004940-17/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States
GR  - P42 ES004940-20/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States
GR  - P42 ES004940-22/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States
GR  - ES04940/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States
GR  - P42 ES004940-21/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States
GR  - P42 ES004940-19/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States
GR  - P42 ES004940-15/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States
GR  - P42 ES004940/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States
GR  - P42 ES004940-16/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States
GR  - P42 ES004940-14/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States
GR  - P42 ES004940-18/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20110101
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - J Contam Hydrol
JT  - Journal of contaminant hydrology
JID - 8805644
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
SB  - IM
MH  - *Environmental Restoration and Remediation
MH  - Permeability
MH  - Water Movements
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/*analysis/isolation & purification
MH  - Water Pollution, Chemical/*analysis/prevention & control
PMC - PMC3061350
MID - NIHMS267275
EDAT- 2011/01/26 06:00
MHDA- 2011/06/17 06:00
PMCR- 2012/04/25
CRDT- 2011/01/26 06:00
PHST- 2009/09/08 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2010/12/16 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2010/12/23 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2011/01/26 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/01/26 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/06/17 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2012/04/25 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S0169-7722(10)00174-9 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2010.12.011 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Contam Hydrol. 2011 Apr 25;123(3-4):104-13. doi: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2010.12.011. 
      Epub 2011 Jan 1.