Spatial variability of soil-gas concentrations near and beneath a building overlying shallow petroleum hydrocarbon-impacted soils

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-91

  Luo, Hong ^a   Dahlen, Paul ^b   Johnson, Paul C ^a   Peargin, Tom ^c   Creamer, Todd ^b,d  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b ECG 252 ^*  (United States)

^c CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^d GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GASOLINE; HYDROCARBONS; OXYGEN; PARAFFINS;

BELOW GROUND SURFACES; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL; SOIL GAS CONCENTRATION; SOIL GAS SAMPLINGS; SOIL VAPOR INTRUSION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

SOILS;

BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHANE; OXYGEN; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 62549112967     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: 17456592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2008.01217.x     Document Type: Article

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