Remediation of DNAPL source zones with granular iron: Laboratory and field tests

Ground Water

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-18

  Wadley, Sharon L S ^a   Gillham, Robert W ^a   Gui, Lai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; CHLORINATION; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; REMEDIATION; SOILS; SOLVENTS;

CHLORINATED SOLVENTS; GRANULAR IRON; SOURCE-ZONE REMEDIATION;

IRON;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REMEDIATION;

BENTONITE; CHLORIDE; IRON; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SOIL POLLUTANT;

BENTONITE; CHLORIDES; IRON; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

EID: 15844431005     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2005.tb02281.x     Document Type: Article

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