Hot methanol extraction for the analysis of volatile organic chemicals in subsurface core samples from Dover Air Force Base, Delaware

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 104-121

  Ball, W P ^a   Xia, G ^d   Durfee, D P ^d   Wilson, R D ^b   Brown, M J ^c   Mackay, D M ^d  

^a The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c Komex International Ltd   (Canada)

^d NONE

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EID: 0030792936     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.1997.tb01190.x     Document Type: Review

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