Impact assessment of existing vadose zone contamination at the hanford site SX tank farm

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 935-945

  Khaleel, Raziuddin ^a   White, Mark D ^b   Oostrom, Martinus ^b   Wood, Marcus I ^c   Mann, Frederick M ^d   Kristofzski, John G ^d  

^a Fluor Government Group   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Fluor Hanford   (United States)

^d CH2M HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INFILTRATION; LEGISLATION; METEORITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SIMULATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VADOSE ZONE;

HANFORD; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 36849019430     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2006.0176     Document Type: Article

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