Vapor intrusion in urban settings: Effect of foundation features and source location

Procedia Environmental Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 245-250

  Yao, Yijun ^a   Pennell, Kelly G ^a,b   Suuberg, Eric ^a  

^a Brown University   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts Dartmouth   (United States)

Author keywords

Capping; Perimeter crack; Urban; Vapor intrusion; Wall crack

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BUILDINGS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CRACKS; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH RISKS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CAPPING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; CONCEPTUAL SITE MODELS; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; URBAN; VAPOR INTRUSION; VAPOR-PHASE CONTAMINANTS; WALL CRACKS;

MERCURY (METAL);

EID: 79955459225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18780296     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proenv.2011.03.029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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