Long-term migration of light nonaqueous-phase liquids in two unsaturated soils: Clayey silt and fine sand

Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 228-237

  Lo, Irene M C ^a   Hu, L M ^a,b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CENTRIFUGES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GASOLINE; STORAGE (MATERIALS); TANKS (CONTAINERS); TOLUENE; UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES; UNSATURATED COMPOUNDS; XYLENE;

GASOLINE INFILTRATION; GRAVITATIONAL ACCELERATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNSATURATED SOILS;

SOILS;

NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; PLUME; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOLUBILITY; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 10344261541     PISSN: 1090025X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-025X(2004)8:4(228)     Document Type: Article

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