Natural attenuation of BTEX compounds: Model development and field-scale application

Ground Water

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 707-717

  Lu, Guoping ^a,b   Clement, T Prabhakar ^c   Zheng, Chunmiao ^a   Wiedemeier, Todd H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b MS J 514   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Parsons Corporation Denver   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; TOLUENE; WATER POLLUTION; XYLENE;

GROUNDWATER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 0032883920     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1999.tb01163.x     Document Type: Article

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