222Rn as a partitioning tracer to detect diesel fuel contamination in aquifers: Laboratory study and field observations

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3180-3187

  Hunkeler, Daniel ^a   Hoehn, Eduard ^b   Höhener, Patrick ^a   Zeyer, Josef ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIESEL FUEL; RADON 222;

AQUIFER; CONTAMINATION; DIESEL FUEL; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NAPL; RADON 222; SAND; TRACER;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; DIESEL ENGINE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PREDICTION; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AQUIFERS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONTAMINATION; DIESEL FUELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON; SAND; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); WATER ANALYSIS; WATER WELLS;

NON AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS (NAPL);

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0030609283     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es970163w     Document Type: Article

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