Calculated volatilization rates of fuel oxygenate compounds and other gasoline-related compounds from rivers and streams

Chemosphere

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 921-937

  Pankow, James F ^a   Rathbun, Ronald E ^b   Zogorski, John S ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CARBON MONOXIDE; ETHYLBENZENE; FUEL; GASOLINE; OCTANE; OZONE; TERT BUTYL ALCOHOL; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; HALF LIFE TIME; OXYGENATION; RIVER; URBAN AREA; VOLATILIZATION; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WIND;

FUEL OXYGENATE; GASOLINE; RIVER WATER QUALITY; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0030222698     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0045-6535(96)00227-5     Document Type: Article

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