An empirical model for estimating remediation costs at contaminated sites

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 167, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 365-386

  Kaufman, Martin M ^a   Rogers, Daniel T ^b   Murray, Kent S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FLINT   (United States)

^b Amsted Industries Incorporated   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brownfields; Contaminant risk factors; Groundwater contamination; Modeling risk; Remediation cost estimation

Indexed keywords

COSTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMEDIATION; RISKS; SOILS; URBAN PLANNING; WATERSHEDS;

BROWNFIELDS; CONTAMINANT RISK FACTOR; MODELING RISK; REMEDIATION COST ESTIMATION; SUBSURFACES;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER;

CONTAMINATED LAND; COST; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMEDIATION; SOIL POLLUTION;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CALIBRATION; CONTAMINATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMPIRICISM; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SANDY SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; WATERSHED;

EID: 27144505492     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-005-0214-0     Document Type: Article

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