Using tree core samples to monitor natural attenuation and plume distribution after a PCE spill

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1711-1717

  Larsen, Morten ^a   Burken, Joel ^b   Machackova, Jirina ^c   Karlson, Ulrich Gosewinkel ^d   Trapp, Stefan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^c Earth Tech CZ Sro   (Czech Republic)

^d NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLUME DISTRIBUTION;

GROUNDWATER; OLEFINS; WATER ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; GROUND WATER; PERCHLOROETHENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINYL CHLORIDE; VINYLIDENE CHLORIDE;

FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; OLEFINS; WATER ANALYSIS;

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DETECTION METHOD; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PLUME; POLLUTION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTION; TREE;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; DECHLORINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLUME; SOIL POLLUTION; SPILLAGE; TREE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TREES;

FORESTRY; MECHANICAL PAPERS; OLEFINS; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 40949099096     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0717055     Document Type: Article

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