Desorption rate limitation in the extraction of organic molecules from unsaturated soils during soil venting operations

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 21-37

  Nadim, Farhad ^a   Nadim, Ali ^b   Hoag, George E ^a   Dahmani, Amine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

desorption; diffusion; soil venting; soils; trichloroethylene

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0030994564     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(96)00021-6     Document Type: Article

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