Occurrence of volatile organic compounds in aquifers of the United States

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 399-416

  Carter, Janet M ^a   Lapham, Wayne W ^a   Zogorski, John S ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquifers; Ground water; Ground water management; Transport and fate; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SOLVENTS;

GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT; OCCURRENCE FREQUENCIES;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SOLVENTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAND USE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CALIFORNIA; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NEVADA; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41149106552     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2008.00170.x     Document Type: Article

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