Evaluation of alternative designs for an injectable subsurface barrier at the Brookhaven National Laboratory site, Long Island, New York

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2937-2953

  Moridis, George J ^a   Finsterle, Stefan ^a   Heiser, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAINMENT BARRIER; GROUNDWATER CONTROL; POLLUTION CONTROL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032826152     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900184     Document Type: Article

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