Improving decision quality: Making the case for adopting next-generation site characterization practices

Remediation

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 91-111

  Crumbling, Deana M ^a   Griffith, Jennifer ^b   Powell, Dan M ^a  

^a Technology Innovation Office   (United States)

^b Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association   (United States)

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EID: 6444226201     PISSN: 10515658     EISSN: 15206831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rem.10066     Document Type: Article

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