Environmental risk assessment for underground storage tanks through an interval parameter fuzzy relation analysis approach

Energy Sources

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 75-96

  Huang, G H ^a   Chen, Z ^a   Tontiwachwuthikul, P ^a   Chakma, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fuzzy relation; Interval parameter; Petroleum waste; Risk assessment; Site remediation; Uncertainty; Underground storage tank

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUZZY SETS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; REMEDIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TANKS (CONTAINERS); UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES;

INTERVAL PARAMETER FUZZY RELATION ANALYSIS; STORAGE TANKS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0032758247     PISSN: 00908312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00908319950014975     Document Type: Article

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