Evaluation of soluble benzene migration in the Uinta Basin

Geofluids

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 106-123

  Zhang, Ye ^a   Person, M ^a   Merino, E ^a   Szpakiewcz, M ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzene; Uinta Basin; Water washing

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; GROUNDWATER; POLLUTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UINTA BASIN; UNITED STATES; UTAH; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18344382149     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2005.00102.x     Document Type: Article

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