New observations of gas-phase expansion above a dense nonaqueous phase liquid pool

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 404-410

  Mumford, Kevin G ^a   Smith, James E ^a   Dickson, Sarah E ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; ETHANE; MODELING; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PARTITIONING; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 67149134936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2008.0044     Document Type: Article

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