Radon distribution in a gasoline-contaminated aquifer

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 479-485

  Fan, K ^a   Kuo, T ^a   Han, Y ^a   Chen, C ^b   Lin, C ^a   Lee, C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Groundwater; NAPL; Radium 226; Radon 222

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; GASOLINE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

NAPL; PARTITIONING TRACER; RADIUM-226; RADON-222;

RADON;

EID: 34249287694     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2006.12.012     Document Type: Article

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