Determination of radon partition coefficients between water and organic liquids and their utilization for the assessment of subsurface NAPL contamination

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 376, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 306-316

  Schubert, Michael ^a   Lehmann, Katja ^a   Paschke, Albrecht ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquifer contamination; NAPL; Partition coefficient; Radon; Remediation planning

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; REMEDIATION; WATER;

AQUEOUS TRACERS; AQUIFER CONTAMINATION; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; REMEDIATION PLANNING;

RADON;

GROUND WATER; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RADON;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; GROUNDWATER; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PARTITIONING; PORE SPACE; RADON; REMEDIATION;

AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; LIQUID; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCATCHARD PLOT; THEORETICAL STUDY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM; RADON; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33947157115     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.12.050     Document Type: Article

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