The effectiveness of surfactants for remediation of organic pollutants in the unsaturated zone

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-62

  Lee, Minhee ^a   Fountain, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiphase flow; Multiphase transport; NAPL; PCE; Unsaturated zone

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008887819     PISSN: 10588337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10588339991339225     Document Type: Article

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