A study of long-term MTBE attenuation in the borden aquifer, Ontario, Canada

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-122

  Schirmer, Mario ^a   Barker, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CHLORIDE; DEGRADATION; GASOLINE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; SORPTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRACER; VOLATILIZATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

AQUIFER; POLLUTION;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BTEX; MTBE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

CANADA; ONTARIO;

EID: 0031806409     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.1998.tb00622.x     Document Type: Article

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