Leaching of BTEX from aged crude oil contaminated model soils: Experimental and modeling results

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 545-558

  Huesemann, Michael H ^a   Hausmann, Tom S ^a   Fortman, Tim J ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged soils; BTEX; Crude oil; Equilibrium dissolution model; Leaching; NAPL

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; DISSOLUTION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; IMPURITIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS; SORPTION;

AGED SOILS; BTEX; EQUILIBRIUM DISSOLUTION MODEL; NAPL;

LEACHING;

EID: 27544432640     PISSN: 10588337     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320380500263733     Document Type: Article

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