Measurement of helium isotopes in soil gas as an indicator of tritium groundwater contamination

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2895-2902

  Olsen, Khris B ^a   Dresel, P Evan ^a   Evans, John C ^a   Mcmahon, William J ^a,b   Poreda, Robert ^a,c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CH2M HILL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SOILS; SOLID WASTES; TRITIUM;

GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; HELIUM ISOTOPES; SOIL GAS; VADOSE ZONE;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER; HELIUM; TRITIUM;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HELIUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SOILS; SOLID WASTES; TRITIUM;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HELIUM ISOTOPE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PLUME; SOIL GAS; TRITIUM;

ARTICLE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POSTHUMOUS CARE; RADIOACTIVITY; SOLID WASTE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENT; GASES; HELIUM; ISOTOPES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TRITIUM; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33646358965     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0518575     Document Type: Article

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