Mobilization of trichloroethene (TCE) during ethanol flooding in uniform and layered sand packs under confined conditions

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3275-3289

  Grubb, Dennis G ^a   Sitar, Nicholas ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM; TRICHLOROETHENE;

MOBILIZATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM; TRICHLOROETHENE;

EID: 0032696753     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900222     Document Type: Article

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