The influence of surface covers on the performance of a soil vapor extraction system

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 621-628

  Boudouch, Otmane ^a   Ying, Yu ^a   Benadda, Belkacem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Radius of influence; Soil air permeability; Soil vapor extraction; Surface cover

Indexed keywords

AIR PERMEABILITY; AIRFLOW; EXTRACTION METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SANDY SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL COVER;

EID: 69449108744     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.200900087     Document Type: Article

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