Use of rebound testing for evaluation of soil vapor extraction performance at the Savannah River Site

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 106-117

  Switzer, Christine ^a,b   Slagle, Timothy ^c   Hunter, Donald ^c   Kosson, David S ^b,d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^c US Environ Protect Agy Reg 4   (United States)

^d Remediation Mitigation Technol Ctr   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; EXTRACTION; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; MASS TRANSFER; MONITORING; VAPORS;

SOIL GAS CONCENTRATION; SOIL VAPOR TESTING (SVE); TRICHLOROETHYLENE (TCE);

SOIL TESTING;

NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

NORTH AMERICA; SAVANNAH RIVER SITE; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11144284645     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2004.tb01308.x     Document Type: Article

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