Sampling in the smear zone: Evaluation of non-dissolved bias and associated BTEX, MTBE and TPH concentrations in groundwater samples

Ground Water Management - Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Organic Chemicals in Ground Water: Prevention, Assessment, and Remediation Conference

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 118-132

  Zemo, Dawn A ^a  

^a Zemo and Associates LLC   (United States)

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