Soil sampling in NAPL source zones: Challenges to representativeness

Environmental Forensics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-63

  Feenstra, Stanley ^a  

^a Applied Groundwater Research Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nonaqueous phase liquids; Soil contamination; Spatial variability; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744563109     PISSN: 15275922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15275920590913921     Document Type: Article

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