Application of CSIA to distinguish between vapor intrusion and indoor sources of VOCs

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 5952-5958

  McHugh, Thomas ^a   Kuder, Tomasz ^b   Fiorenza, Stephanie ^c   Gorder, Kyle ^d   Dettenmaier, Erik ^d   Philp, Paul ^b  

^a GSI Environmental   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^d Hill Air Force Base   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR FORCE BASE; INDOOR AIR; INDOOR SOURCES; ISOTOPE RATIO; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; SUBSURFACE SOURCE; TETRACHLOROETHENE; VAPOR INTRUSION; VOLATILE ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

ADSORPTION; CHLORINE; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; VAPORS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

ADSORBENT; CARBON; CHLORINE; ISOTOPE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATIILE ORGANIC CHEMICAL; VOLATILE AGENT;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALKENE; BUILDING; CARBON; INDOOR AIR; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; VAPORIZATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLER; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPOUND SPECIFIC STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; VAPOR; VAPOR INTRUSION;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHLORINE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GASES; HOUSING; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UTAH; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 79960515069     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es200988d     Document Type: Article

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