Surfactant effects on residual water and oil saturations in porous media

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 168-176

  Flaming, Jason E ^a   Knox, Robert C ^a   Sabatini, David A ^a   Kibbey, Tohren C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; POROUS MATERIALS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; WATER INJECTION;

FREE PRODUCT RECOVERIES; LIGHT NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; RESIDUAL WATER SATURATION; SOIL VAPOR EXTRACTION; SURFACTANT APPLICATIONS; SURFACTANT FLUSHING; SURFACTANT SOLUTION; TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 33747396672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/2.2.168     Document Type: Article

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