Difluoromethane as partitioning tracer to estimate vadose water saturations

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 630-633

  Deeds, Neil E ^a   McKinney, Daene C ^a   Pope, Gary A ^b   Whitley Jr , G Allen ^c  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFLUOROMETHANE; PARTITIONING TRACER; VADOSE; WATER SATURATIONS;

METHANE; ONE DIMENSIONAL; POROUS MATERIALS; REMEDIATION; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

WATER ANALYSIS;

POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SATURATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0032852525     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(1999)125:7(630)     Document Type: Article

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