Empirical assessment of ground water-to-indoor air attenuation factors for the CDOT-MTL denver site

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 153-159

  Johnson, P C ^a   Ettinger, R A ^b   Kurtz, J P ^c   Bryan, R ^d   Kester, J E ^d  

^a AZ 85281   (United States)

^b GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^c EnviroGroup Limited   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CORRELATION DETECTORS; GROUNDWATER; INTRUSION DETECTION; MATERIALS HANDLING; MATERIALS TESTING; MATERIALS TESTING LABORATORIES; SOIL TESTING; SOILS;

COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONS; EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; INDOOR AIR CONCENTRATION; SOIL GAS CONCENTRATION; TEMPORAL CORRELATIONS; VAPOR INTRUSION PATHWAY; WATER CONCENTRATIONS;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; INDOOR AIR; SOLVENT;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62549083403     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: 17456592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2008.01224.x     Document Type: Article

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