A framework for assessing risk reduction due to DNAPL mass removal from low-permeability soils

Ground Water

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 111-123

  Freeze, R Allan ^a   McWhorter, David B ^b  

^a R Allan Freeze Engineering Inc   (Canada)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILLS; IMPURITIES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LEAKAGE (FLUID); RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER WELLS;

ALTERNATE CONCENTRATION LIMIT (ACL); DENSE NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID (DNAPL); LOW PERMEABILITY SOILS; SOURCE ZONE MASS REMOVAL;

SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 0030878678     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1997.tb00066.x     Document Type: Article

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