Pulsed air sparging in aquifers contaminated with dense nonaqueous phase liquids

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 73-82

  Heron, Gorm ^a   Gierke, John S ^b   Faulkner, Barton ^a   Mravik, Susan ^a   Wood, Lynn ^a   Enfield, Carl G ^c  

^a Michigan Technological University ^*  (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BLOWERS; CHLORINATION; DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REMEDIATION; SOILS; SOLVENTS;

AIR SPARGING;

WATER POLLUTION;

AIR SPARGING; AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POLLUTION; REMEDIATION;

AIR SPARGING; AQUIFER POLLUTION; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; REMEDIATION;

EID: 0036759531     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2002.tb00773.x     Document Type: Article

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