Estimating the minimum age of a chlorinated solvent plume in groundwater with chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) and tritium methodologies: A case study

Environmental Forensics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-88

  Oudijk, Gil ^a  

^a Triassic Technology Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Age dating techniques; Environmental litigation; Groundwater contamination; Groundwater monitoring; Isotopes; Trichloroethylene

Indexed keywords

TRITIUM;

EID: 1642287755     PISSN: 15275922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15275920303486     Document Type: Article

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