Helium and neon groundwater tracers to measure residual DNAPL: Laboratory investigation

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 382-388

  Divine, Craig E ^a   Sanford, William E ^b   McCray, John E ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; ETHYLENE; GROUNDWATER; SOLUBILITY;

ANALYTICAL DETECTION; COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; HENRY'S LAW CONSTANT; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PARTITIONING TRACERS; WATER PARTITION COEFFICIENTS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 1642396141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/2.3.382     Document Type: Article

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