Remediation of NAPL source zones: Lessons learned from field studies at Hill and Dover AFB

Ground Water

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 727-744

  McCray, John E ^a   Tick, Geoffrey R ^a   Jawitz, James W ^b   Gierke, John S ^c   Brusseau, Mark L ^d   Falta, Ronald W ^e   Knox, Robert C ^f   Sabatini, David A ^f   Annable, Michael D ^g   Harwell, Jeffrey H ^f   Wood, A Lynn ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e AMRL   (United States)

^f University of Oklahoma   (United States)

^g University of Florida   (United States)

^h U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBLE ZONE; AIR SPARGING; CHARACTERIZATION METHODS; CHEMICAL AGENT; CONTAMINANT REMOVAL; COSOLVENTS; FIELD STUDIES; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINANTS; INJECTED FLUIDS; INTERFACIAL BEHAVIORS; MULTIPLE METHODS; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; PARTITIONING TRACERS; REMEDIATION DESIGN; SMALL-SCALE HETEROGENEITY; SOURCE ZONE; SURFACTANT FLUSHING;

CHARACTERIZATION; CONTAMINATION; DATA REDUCTION; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IMPURITIES; INNOVATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUGARS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER;

DATA SET; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FIELD METHOD; FLOODING; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HETEROGENEITY; INNOVATION; MASS TRANSPORT; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RECYCLING; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; SOLUBILIZATION; SUGAR; TRACER; VOLATILIZATION;

CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SOLUBILITY; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT;

DELAWARE; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER; SOLUBILITY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

DELAWARE; DOVER [DELAWARE]; HILL COUNTY [MONTANA]; MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959828236     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2010.00783.x     Document Type: Review

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