Uncertainty in predicting the rate of mass removal created by soil vapor extraction systems

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-29

  Barnes, David L ^a   McWhorter, David B ^a,b  

^a University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterogeneities; Monte Carlo; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLLUTED SOIL; SOIL PERMEABILITY; SOIL PROPERTY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; VAPOR EXTRACTION;

EID: 0033627361     PISSN: 10588337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10588330091134176     Document Type: Article

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