Monitored natural attenuation of manufactured gas plant tar mono- and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ground water: A 14-year field study

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 66-76

  Neuhauser, Edward F ^a   Ripp, John A ^b   Azzolina, Nicholas A ^c   Madsen, Eugene L ^d   Mauro, David M ^e   Taylor, Terry ^b  

^a NATIONAL GRID   (United States)

^b GEI CONSULTANTS INC   (United States)

^c Foth Infrastructure and Environment LLC   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e META Environmental Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CONDITION; ATTENUATION RATE; CENTERLINES; CONFINING LAYERS; DEGRADATION RATE; FIELD STUDIES; HYDROGEOLOGIC SETTING; LONGITUDINAL AXIS; MANUFACTURED GAS PLANTS; MONITORED NATURAL ATTENUATION; MONITORING WELLS; REMEDIAL STRATEGIES; SANDY AQUIFERS; SHALLOW WATER TABLES; SOURCE AREA;

AQUIFERS; CLAY MINERALS; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; GAS PLANTS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; NAPHTHALENE; NATURAL GAS FIELDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RATE CONSTANTS; TAR; TOLUENE; WATER WELLS; WELLS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

AQUIFER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS PRODUCTION; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; PAH; PLUME; REMEDIATION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 68949146118     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: 17456592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2009.01244.x     Document Type: Article

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