Trichlorofluoroethene: A reactive tracer for evaluating reductive dechlorination in large-diameter permeable columns

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 68-77

  Field, Jennifer A ^a   Reed, Ralph L ^a   Istok, Jonathan D ^a,b   Semprini, Lewis ^a,b   Bennett, Peter ^c   Buscheck, Timothy E ^d,e  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Oregon State University   (United States)

^c Geomatrix Consultants   (United States)

^d Health Environment and Safety Group   (United States)

^e CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFLUOROETHANE (CFE); LARGE-DIAMETER PERMEABLE COLUMNS (LPDC); TRICHLOROFLUOROETHANE (TCFE); VINYL CHLORIDE;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CONTAMINATION; DECHLORINATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEN;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

DECHLORINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 21544458346     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2005.0016.x     Document Type: Article

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