Sorption of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) and tert-butyl alcohol (TBA) to hyporheic zone soils

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 423-431

  Greenwood, Mark H ^a   Sims, Ronald C ^a   McLean, Joan E ^a   Doucette, William J ^a   Kuhn, Jeffrey ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Montana Department of Environmental Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminant transport; Fuel oxygenates; Non linear sorption

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; ETHERS; IMPURITIES; ORGANIC CARBON; SORPTION;

CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; FUEL OXYGENATES; METHYL TERT BUTYL ETHER (MTBE); NONLINEAR SORPTION; TERT BUTYL ALCOHOL (TBA);

SOIL SURVEYS;

EID: 34249673994     PISSN: 15320383     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320380701404672     Document Type: Article

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