Field demonstration of a multichannel fiber-optic laser-induced fluorescence system in a cone penetrometer vehicle

Field Analytical Chemistry and Technology

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 343-355

  Hart, Sean J ^a   Chen, Yu Min ^a   Kenny, Jonathan E ^a   Lien, Bob K ^b   Best, Thomas W ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Air Force Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

CPT; EEM; Fiber optics; Fluorescence; Fuels; In situ; LIF; Soil contamination

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002893821     PISSN: 1086900X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6521(199712)1:6<343::aid-fact4>3.0.co;2-r     Document Type: Article

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