An overview of factors influencing the colloid/particle favoured relocation of contaminants
- Author(s)
- Thilo Hofmann
- Abstract
Contaminants partition between the solid and the aqueous phase. Those sorbed to the solid phase are regarded as retarded or immobile. The solid phase-the matrix of the soil or aquifer-can be mobile itself as suspended or colloidal particles. In the unsaturated zone, with fast changing gradients in hydrochemistry and water content, suspended particles can play a major role in contaminant relocation.
- Organisation(s)
- Journal
- IAHS Publications / International Association of Hydrological Sciences
- Pages
- 165-168
- No. of pages
- 4
- Publication date
- 2002
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 105904 Environmental research
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/e616970a-3785-446d-8cb9-9d964719c61f