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Migration processes of immiscible light petroleum hydrocarbons (called oil in this paper) in groundwater differ considerably from the mass transport of dissolved contaminants. For this reason, a specialised software must be applied for simulating problems of oil movement. Two rather different cases are presented concerning oil contamination problems at the former Rumbula airbase and at the Ilukste oil storage terminal where the ARMOS code has been applied for modelling transient oil transport processes. Advances and drawbacks of ARMOS are discussed and some important simulation results reported.
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Spalvins, A. (1998). Mass Transport Modelling in Groundwater Studies. Achievements of Latvian Scientists. In: Paukštys, B., Fonnum, F., Zeeb, B.A., Reimer, K.J. (eds) Environmental Contamination and Remediation Practices at Former and Present Military Bases. NATO Science Series, vol 48. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5304-1_11
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