Assessing the significance of subsurface contaminant vapor migration to enclosed spaces: Site-specific alternatives to generic estimates

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 389-421

  Johnson, Paul C ^a   Kemblowski, Mariush W ^a   Johnson, Richard L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Generic estimates; Risk based corrective action; Vapor migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000399575     PISSN: 10588337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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