Use of logarithmic-scale correlation plots to represent contaminant ratios for evaluation of subsurface environmental data

Environmental Forensics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-185

  Feenstra, Stanley ^a  

^a Applied Groundwater Research Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Contamination sources; Groundwater; Isoratio; Log log; PAHs; Sediment; Soil air; VOCs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646688442     PISSN: 15275922     EISSN: 15275930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15275920600667153     Document Type: Article

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