Reactive Transport in Soil and Groundwater: Processes and Models

The unsaturated zone — a neglected component of nature....Pages 3-15
Use of stable isotope analysis to assess biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in the unsaturated zone. Laboratory studies, field studies, and mathematical simulations....Pages 17-37
A model assessing bioavailability of persistent organic pollutants in soil....Pages 39-49
Geochemical changes under variably saturated conditions during artificial recharge via ponded infiltration — A field study....Pages 51-63
Transport of Cr(VI), Ni(II) and Mn(II) through metallurgical wastes. Batch and column experiments....Pages 65-77
Modeling adsorption-desorption processes of Cu on montmorillonite and the effect of competitive adsorption with a cationic pesticide....Pages 79-91
NMR spectroscopy: a tool to study interactions between organic pollutants and soil components?....Pages 93-105
Incorporating geomicrobial processes in reactive transport models of subsurface environments....Pages 109-125
Consequences of Different Kinetic Approaches for Simulation of Microbial Degradation on Contaminant Plume Development....Pages 127-139
Natural Attenuation in the unsaturated zone and shallow groundwater: coupled modeling of vapor phase diffusion, biogeochemical processes and transport across the capillary fringe....Pages 141-155
Enhancement of solute spreading in soils due to particle-facilitated transport and preferential flow....Pages 157-169
Multiphase and Multi-component Interactions through the Unsaturated Saturated Zone Field and Model Study....Pages 171-185
Solute contaminant transport in variably saturated dual-porosity/dual permeability chalk: field tracer experiments and modelling....Pages 187-195
Integration of pedotransfer functions and topographical data to obtain soil hydraulic properties at catchment scale....Pages 197-207
Analytical Model for Gravity-Driven Drainage....Pages 209-217
Hydrogeophysical characterization of subsurface solute transport at the Krauthausen test site: experiments and numerical modelling....Pages 221-237
Tracer Experiments on Field Scale for Parameter Estimation to calibrate Numerical Transport Models....Pages 239-249
Biogeochemical modeling of reactive transport applied to laboratory and field studies on jet-fuel contamination....Pages 251-263
Assessing the potential for natural or enhanced in-situ bioremediation at a TCE-contaminated site by coupling process analysis and modeling....Pages 265-277
Partial source treatment by in-situ technologies — a review of limits, advantages and challenges....Pages 279-295