Using radon-222 as indicator for the evaluation of the efficiency of groundwater remediation by in situ air sparging

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 193-199

  Schubert, Michael ^a   Schmidt, Axel ^a   Müller, Kai ^b   Weiss, Holger ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b GICON GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air sparging; Groundwater remediation; Radon; Tracer; VOC

Indexed keywords

AIR SPARGING; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; CONTAMINATED SITES; DETECTABILITY; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; EFFICIENCY INDICATORS; ENVIRONMENTAL TRACERS; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION; IN-SITU; NATURALLY OCCURRING; NOBLE GAS; ONSITE TREATMENT; PRESSURIZED AIR; RADON-222; REMEDIATION MEASURES; SPACE AND TIME; TEMPORAL INFORMATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRACER; VOC;

AIR; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; INERT GASES; POLLUTION; RADON; REMEDIATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER; INERT GAS; RADON 222; TRACER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR SPARGING; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EXTRACTION METHOD; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RADON ISOTOPE; TRACER; VADOSE ZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INFORMATION; SPACE; SPARGING; TIME; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

AIR; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FRESH WATER; GERMANY; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RADON; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 78651228571     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2010.11.012     Document Type: Article

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