Indoor vapor intrusion with oxygen-limited biodegradation for a subsurface gasoline source

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3241-3248

  DeVaull, George E ^a  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIFFUSION; ITERATIVE METHODS; REACTION KINETICS;

INDOOR VAPOR INTRUSION; SOIL VAPOR TRANSPORT; SUBSURFACE GASOLINE;

SOIL SURVEYS;

GASOLINE; OXYGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIFFUSION; ITERATIVE METHODS; REACTION KINETICS; SOIL SURVEYS;

BIODEGRADATION; OXYGEN; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; SOIL STRUCTURE; STEADY STATE; VAPOR;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; GASOLINE; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 34248174463     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es060672a     Document Type: Article

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