Total petroleum hydrocarbons in groundwater - Evaluation of nondissolved and nonhydrocarbon fractions

Environmental Forensics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 85-95

  Lundegard, Paul D ^a   Sweeney, Robert E ^b  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Polar organics; Total petroleum hydrocarbons; TPH

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042809982     PISSN: 15275922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15275920490454346     Document Type: Article

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