Uncertainties in cleanup times for soil vapor extraction

Water Resources Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 679-692

  Massmann, Joel ^a   Shock, Scott ^b   Johannesen, Lise ^c  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b HART CROWSER INC   (United States)

^c R2 Resource Consultants Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEANUP; EXTRACTION METHOD; PERMEABILITY; REMEDIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034020366     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900305     Document Type: Article

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