Modeling the reversible sink effect in response to transient contaminant sources

Modeling the Reversible, Diffusive Sink Effect in Response to Transient Contaminant Sources Dongye Zhao 1† , John C. Little 1* and Alfred T. Hodgson 2 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 418 Durham Hall Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0246, USA Environmental Energy Technologies Division E.O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA Present address – Department of Civil Engineering Auburn University Auburn, AL 36849, USA Corresponding author Phone: (540) 231 8737 Fax: (540) 231 7916 Email: jcl@vt.edu

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