Time-variable simulation of soil vapor intrusion into a building with a combined crawl space and basement

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 4993-5001

  Mills, William B ^a   Liu, Sally ^a   Rigby, Mark C ^a,b   Brenner, David ^c  

^a Terra Tech Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Neptune and Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIFFUSION; GROUNDWATER; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ALGEBRAIC EQUATIONS; BASEMENT; VAPOR INTRUSION;

SOILS;

GROUND WATER;

ADSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIFFUSION; GROUNDWATER; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOILS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BASEMENT (BUILDING); BUILDING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SOIL EMISSION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADVECTION; ARTICLE; BASEMENT COMPARTMENT; BUILDING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CRAWL SPACE; DIFFUSION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; NONHUMAN; PLUME; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SOIL ANALYSIS; VAPOR; VAPOR INTRUSION MODEL; VAPORIZATION; VOLATILIZATION;

CALIBRATION; DIFFUSION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VOLATILIZATION;

CALIFORNIA; MOUNTAIN VIEW; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547224585     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es061747d     Document Type: Article

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