Defining the air sparging radius of influence for groundwater remediation

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-52

  McCray, John E ^a,b   Falta, Ronald W ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sparging; Environmental restoration; Groundwater; Numerical models; Radius of influence; Remediation

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

AIR SPARGING; GROUNDWATER; REMEDIATION;

EID: 0030251251     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-7722(96)00005-8     Document Type: Article

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