A comparison of hydrocarbon vapor attenuation in the field with predictions from vapor diffusion models

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 529-554

  Ririe, G Todd ^a   Sweeney, Robert E ^b   Daugherty, Seth J ^c  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b Environmental and Petroleum Geochemistry   (United States)

^c Orange County Health Care Agency   (United States)

Author keywords

And model calibration; Field measurements; Hydrocarbon gases; Vapor migration

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIFFUSION; GASOLINE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCARBONS;

AND MODEL CALIBRATION; FIELD MEASUREMENTS; HYDROCARBON GASES; VAPOR MIGRATION;

VAPORS;

EID: 0036024662     PISSN: 10588337     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20025891107159     Document Type: Article

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