Carbon tetrachloride flow and transport in the subsurface of the 216-Z-9 trench at the Hanford Site

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 971-984

  Oostrom, M ^a   Rockhold, M L ^a   Thorne, P D ^a   Truex, M J ^a   Last, G V ^a   Rohay, V J ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Fluor Hanford   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFILTRATION; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PERMEABILITY; PLUME; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRENCH; VADOSE ZONE; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE FACILITY; WATER TABLE;

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

EID: 36849026625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2006.0166     Document Type: Article

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