Application of gas-phase partitioning tracer tests to characterize immiscible-liquid contamination in the vadose zone beneath a fuel depot

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 148-153

  Brusseau, Mark L ^a   Bronson, Kali M ^a   Ross, Stephanie ^a   Nelson, Nicole T ^a   Carlson, Tyson D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; EFFLUENTS; FUEL TANKS; FUELS; GASES; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCARBONS; LIQUIDS; LOCATION; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; SOIL CONSERVATION; TANKS (CONTAINERS); WELL DRILLING;

BELOW GROUND SURFACES; GAS PHASE PARTITIONING TRACER METHOD; HYDROCARBON CONTAMINATION; HYDROCARBON SATURATION; IMMISCIBLE LIQUIDS; PARTITIONING TRACERS; SOIL VAPOR EXTRACTION; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

EID: 31444448032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/2.2.148     Document Type: Article

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