Indoor infiltration of volatile organic contaminants: Coupling above- to below-ground via a nonhomogeneous surface boundary

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-19

  Anderssen, Bob ^a   Markey, Bruce ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NSW Environment Protection Authority   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CALCULATIONS; DEGRADATION; DIFFUSION; IMPURITIES; INFILTRATION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE PHENOMENA; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CRAWL SPACE; ENTRY PATHWAY; INDOOR INFILTRATION; NONHOMOGENEOUS SURFACE BOUNDARY; SOIL ATMOSPHERE INTERFACE; SUBSURFACE CONTAMINATION;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 0030831006     PISSN: 10588337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320389709383543     Document Type: Article

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