Volatile organic compounds in the saturated-unsaturated interface region of a contaminated phreatic aquifer

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 337-344

  Ronen, Daniel ^a,b   Graber, Ellen R ^c   Laor, Yael ^c  

^a Hydrological Service of Israel   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 ,1-DCE; 1 ,1-DICHLOROETHYLENE; COASTAL PLAIN AQUIFERS; FIELD PROFILE; FIELD SAMPLING; HIGH CONCENTRATION; INTERFACE REGIONS; MONITORING WELLS; PHREATIC; SATURATED ZONE; SINGLE BOREHOLES; TEL AVIV; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TETRACHLOROETHYLENES; UNSATURATED ZONE; VAPOR CONCENTRATIONS; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; ETHYLENE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IMPURITIES; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

UNSATURATED COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33846082527     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2004.0100     Document Type: Article

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