Spatial distribution of jet fuel in the vadoze zone of a heterogeneous and fractured soil

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3044-3054

  Tzovolou, D N ^a,b   Benoit, Y ^c   Haeseler, F ^c   Klint, K E ^d   Tsakiroglou, C D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chemical characterization; Fractures; Heterogeneous soil; In situ remediation; Jet fuel; Soil contamination

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; HETEROGENEOUS SOIL; IN SITU REMEDIATION; JET FUEL; SOIL CONTAMINATION;

AIRCRAFT FUELS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; FLOW OF WATER; FRACTURE; JETS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; PARAFFIN WAXES; PARAFFINS; REMEDIATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL SURVEYS; SOIL TESTING; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

BIODEGRADATION; CONTAMINATED LAND; FUEL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLACIOTECTONICS; HYDROCARBON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VADOSE ZONE;

AIRCRAFT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; POLAND; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

EID: 61449222740     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.01.020     Document Type: Article

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