Assessing TCE Source Bioremediation by Geostatistical Analysis of a Flux Fence
Journal Article
Cai, Z., Wilson, R. D., & Lerner, D. N. (2012)
Assessing TCE Source Bioremediation by Geostatistical Analysis of a Flux Fence. Groundwater, 50(6), 908-917. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6584.2012.00916.x
Mass discharge across transect planes is increasingly used as a metric for performance assessment of in situ groundwater remediation systems. Mass discharge estimates using co...
Increasing Confidence in Mass Discharge Estimates Using Geostatistical Methods
Journal Article
Cai, Z., Wilson, R. D., Cardiff, M. A., & Kitanidis, P. K. (2011)
Increasing Confidence in Mass Discharge Estimates Using Geostatistical Methods. Groundwater, 49(2), 197-208. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6584.2010.00709.x
Mass discharge is one metric rapidly gaining acceptance for assessing the performance of in situ groundwater remediation systems. Multilevel sampling transects provide the dat...
The analysis of natural gemstones and their synthetic counterparts using analytical spectroscopy methods
Thesis
Shah, R. The analysis of natural gemstones and their synthetic counterparts using analytical spectroscopy methods. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5259
Prompted by the increasing number, sophistication and quality of laboratory-grown gemstones; gemology has evolved into an individual science, incorporating the likes of biolog...
New method for rock qualification
Conference Proceeding
János, L., Emőke, I., Phong. Q, T., Miklós, G., László, K., István, T., …Guida, G. (2018)
New method for rock qualification. In Mérnökgeológia-Kőzetmechanika 2018 (263-274
A new method was elaborated to characterize the breakage properties of rocks. A crushing test was suggested and parallel tests were performed on sand-pairs with differen...
Is China's fifth-largest inland lake to dry-up? Incorporated hydrological and satellite-based methods for forecasting Hulun Lake water levels
Journal Article
Cai, Z., Jin, T., Li, C., Ofterdinger, U., Zhang, S., Ding, A., & Li, J. (2016)
Is China's fifth-largest inland lake to dry-up? Incorporated hydrological and satellite-based methods for forecasting Hulun Lake water levels. Advances in water resources, 94, 185-199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2016.05.010
Hulun Lake, China’s fifth-largest inland lake, experienced severe declines in water level in the period of 2000-2010. This has prompted concerns whether the lake is drying up ...
River bed sediment surface characterisation using wavelet transform-based methods.
Thesis
Nyander, A. River bed sediment surface characterisation using wavelet transform-based methods. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5885
The primary purpose of this work was to study the morphological change of river-bed
sediment surfaces over time using wavelet transform analysis techniques. The wavelet
transf...
Analysis of Pentachlorophenol in Soils for Use in Bioremediation Studies
Book Chapter
McGrath, R., & Singleton, I. (1997)
Analysis of Pentachlorophenol in Soils for Use in Bioremediation Studies. In Bioremediation Protocols, (169-176). UK: Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/0-89603-437-2%3A169
Pentachlorophenol (PCP) is an envuonmentally persistent chemical that is toxic toward living organisms (1-4) The widespread use of PCP as a general biocide, especially for tim...
Effect of particle loss on soil volume, strength and stiffness.
Thesis
Kelly, D. Effect of particle loss on soil volume, strength and stiffness. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/8865
Soil particle loss can occur through biodegradation, erosion and dissolution. Yet there is little understanding of the mechanical changes that accompany these phenomena, espec...
Analysis of groundwater-level response to rainfall and estimation of annual recharge in fractured hard rock aquifers, NW Ireland
Journal Article
Cai, Z., & Ofterdinger, U. (2016)
Analysis of groundwater-level response to rainfall and estimation of annual recharge in fractured hard rock aquifers, NW Ireland. Journal of Hydrology, 535, 71-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.01.066
Despite fractured hard rock aquifers underlying over 65% of Ireland, knowledge of key processes controlling groundwater recharge in these bedrock systems is inadequately const...
Phase relations for decomposable soils
Journal Article
McDougall, J. R., & Pyrah, I. C. (2004)
Phase relations for decomposable soils. Géotechnique, 54(7), 487-493. https://doi.org/10.1680/geot.54.7.487.46750
Expressions describing the phase composition and interphase relations for a decomposable soil are derived by distinguishing between inert and decomposable fractions. A relatio...