Observed spatial and temporal distributions of CVOCs at Colorado and New York vapor intrusion sites

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-80

  Folkes, David ^a   Wertz, William ^b   Kurtz, Jeffrey ^a   Kuehster, Theodore ^a  

^a EnviroGroup Limited   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATED VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION OF; GROUND WATERS; INDOOR AIRS; LARGE DATA SETS; MONITORING PROGRAMS; NEW YORK; NEW YORK STATE; ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS; SAMPLING PLANS; SAMPLING RESULTS; SITE INVESTIGATIONS; STRUCTURE MONITORING; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VAPOR INTRUSION PATHWAYS; VAPOR INTRUSIONS;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LOCATION; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAMPLING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INDOOR AIR; SITE INVESTIGATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

COLORADO; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62549135291     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: 17456592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2009.01216.x     Document Type: Article

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