A comparison of benzene and toluene plume lengths for sites contaminated with regular vs. ethanol-amended gasoline

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 48-53

  Ruiz Aguilar, Graciela M L ^a,b   O'Reilly, Kirk T ^c,d,e   Alvarez, Pedro J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; THERMAL PLUMES;

TOLUENE PLUMES;

GASOLINE;

BENZENE; BTEX; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NATURAL ATTENUATION; PLUME; TOLUENE;

EID: 0242432464     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2003.tb00782.x     Document Type: Review

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