Effects of soils on laser induced fluorescence of BTX contaminated pore waters

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1072-1077

  Sinfield, Joseph V ^a   Germaine, John T ^a   Hemond, Harold F ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LASER APPLICATIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; SOIL TESTING;

LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; PORE WATERS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

BTEX; LABORATORY METHOD; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; POREWATER; SOIL TEST;

EID: 0033374270     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(1999)125:12(1072)     Document Type: Article

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