Steam flooding for environmental remediation

Manuals and Reports on Engineering Practice, American Society of Civil Engineers

Volumn , Issue 100, 2001, Pages 153-192

  Falta, Ronald W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMPURITIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMEDIATION; STEAM; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; STEAM FLOODING; STEAM INJECTION; SUBSURFACE;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0035147980     PISSN: 07347685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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