Ground water sampling bias observed in shallow, conventional wells

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 86-93

  Hutchins, Stephen R ^a   Acree, Steven D ^a  

^a Robert S Kerr Environmental Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; SIMULATION; TRACER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER SAMPLING;

AQUIFERS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTAMINATION; ELECTRONS; FUELS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MAGNETIC FLOWMETERS; NITRATES; WATER WELLS;

CLUSTER WELL POINTS; CONVENTIONAL MONITORING WELLS; ELECTROMAGNETIC BOREHOLE FLOWMETER; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR PROFILES; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; TREATMENT CELLS;

GROUNDWATER;

BIOREMEDIATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; SAMPLING;

EID: 0034005385     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2000.tb00255.x     Document Type: Review

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