Results of the reactant sand-fracking pilot test and implications for the in situ remediation of chlorinated VOCs and metals in deep and fractured bedrock aquifers

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 125-153

  Marcus, Donald L ^a   Bonds, Chris ^b  

^a MacMarcus Resources   (United States)

^b EMCON   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractured bedrock aquifers; Permeable reactive barriers; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK AQUIFERS; CHLORINATED VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; HYDROFRACTURING; REACTANT SAND FRACKING;

AQUIFERS; CHLORINE; FRACTURE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT; MATERIALS TESTING; METALS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

WATER TREATMENT;

GROUND WATER; METAL; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

AQUIFER; REMEDIATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AQUIFER; REMEDIATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; GEOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; TECHNIQUE; WATER TRANSPORT; WATER TREATMENT;

CALIFORNIA; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; NEW HAMPSHIRE; PERMEABILITY; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEOLOGY; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOLVENTS; VIRGINIA; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0032599846     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3894(99)00035-7     Document Type: Article

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