Chlorinated solvents in groundwater of the United States

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 74-81

  Moran, Michael J ^a   Zogorski, John S ^a   Squillace, Paul J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTRINSIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; REDOX CONDITIONS; VADOSE ZONE;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULICS; SOLVENTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; DICHLOROMETHANE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GROUND WATER; PERCHLOROETHENE; SOLVENT; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDRAULICS; SOLVENTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DEGRADATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SOLVENT; VADOSE ZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DEGRADATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROBABILITY; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOLOGY; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LOGISTIC MODELS; SOLVENTS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846027520     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es061553y     Document Type: Article

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