Used motor oil as a source of MTBE, TAME, and BTEX to ground water

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 46-51

  Baker, Ronald J ^a   Best, Eric W ^a   Baehr, Arthur L ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GASOLINE; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILLS; TOLUENE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TANKS;

STORAGE TANKS;

GROUNDWATER;

BTEX; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

EID: 0036759001     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2002.tb00770.x     Document Type: Article

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