A Controlled Field Test of Surfactant-Enhanced Aquifer Remediation

Ground Water

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 910-916

  Fountain, John C ^a   Starr, Robert C ^b   Middleton, Thomas ^a   Beikirch, Michael ^a   Taylor, Craig ^a   Hodge, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b EG&G   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DISSOLUTION; EMULSIONS; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PH; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION; WATER TREATMENT;

CONTAMINATED POROUS AQUIFER; LOW AQUEOUS SOLUBILITY; PUMP AND TREAT METHODS; SURFACTANT ENHANCED AQUIFER REMEDIATION;

AQUIFERS;

EID: 0030241659     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1996.tb02085.x     Document Type: Article

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