Assessing sites contaminated with unexploded ordnance: Statistical modeling of ordnance spatial distribution

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 931-938

  Macdonald, Jacqueline A ^a   Small, Mitchell J ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXPLOSIVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MILITARY OPERATIONS; SOIL POLLUTION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD); ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA); MILITARY INSTALLATIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ORDNANCE;

CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXPLOSIVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MILITARY OPERATIONS; ORDNANCE; SOIL POLLUTION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CONTAMINATED LAND; EXPLOSIVE; REMEDIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARMY; ARTICLE; CLEANING; COST; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; POLLUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPLOSIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WAR;

EID: 32344432187     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es051168t     Document Type: Article

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