Simulating the fate and transport of TCE from groundwater to indoor air

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 140-161

  Yu, Soonyoung ^a   Unger, Andre J A ^a   Parker, Beth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

DNAPL; Indoor air; Regulatory guidance

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS PHASE; ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; CAPILLARY FRINGE; CHLORINATED SOLVENT; COMPOSITIONAL MODELS; CONTAMINANT PLUME; DIFFUSIVE TRANSPORT; DNAPL; DNAPL SOURCE ZONES; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS; FATE AND TRANSPORT; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FOUNDATION SLAB; FRACTURE APERTURES; GROUNDWATER PLUMES; HEURISTIC MODEL; INDOOR AIR; INFILTRATION RATE; MASS TRANSPORT; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; PERMEABILITY FIELDS; REGULATORY GUIDANCE; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SATURATED ZONE; SCENARIO MODELS; SOIL GAS; SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCES; VADOSE ZONE; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CAPILLARITY; CONTAMINATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HEURISTIC METHODS; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMPURITIES; INFILTRATION; MODEL BUILDINGS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; WATER ANALYSIS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CAPILLARY FRINGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER; INDOOR AIR; INFILTRATION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PERMEABILITY; PLUME; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VADOSE ZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER TABLE;

ARTICLE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PLUME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TABLE;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

BORDEN AQUIFER; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 67649283611     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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