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Groundwater contamination by dense, non-aqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs) such as chlorinated solvents, PCB oils, and creosote is widespread throughout industrialized areas of North America and Europe. DNAPLs have low viscosities and are significantly more dense than water, allowing them to migrate to great depths below the watertable. Following a release at ground surface, DNAPL will distribute itself in the subsurface as both disconnected blobs and ganglia of organic liquid referred to as residual, as well as in larger accumulations referred to as pools. Pooled DNAPL is particularly problematic since it can be mobilized further downward in the subsurface in response to drilling, groundwater pumping, and the application of an inappropriate remediation technology.
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Kueper, B.H., Mason, A.R. (1996). Surfactant Enhanced Dissolution of Pooled DNAPL: Numerical Modelling and Parameter Identification. In: Kobus, H., Barczewski, B., Koschitzky, HP. (eds) Groundwater and Subsurface Remediation. Environmental Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45750-0_17
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