Experimental and theoretical assessment of the lifetime of a gaseous-reduced vadose zone permeable reactive barrier

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1050-1056

  Thornton, E C ^a   Zhong, L ^a   Oostrom, M ^a   Deng, B ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LABORATORY METHOD; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PERMEABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 36849030699     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2006.0157     Document Type: Article

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