Modeling fate of RDX at demolition area 2 of the Massachusetts military reservation

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 617-635

  Dortch, Mark S ^a   Fant, Scott ^b   Gerald, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Explosives residue; Fate and transport models; Groundwater; Soil; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOILS;

EXPLOSIVES RESIDUES; FATE AND TRANSPORT MODELS;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 35649001458     PISSN: 15320383     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320380701623677     Document Type: Article

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