Monitoring lateral transport of ethanol and dissolved gasoline compounds in the capillary fringe

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 95-102

  Freitas, Juliana G ^a   Barker, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FRINGE; CONTAMINANT DISTRIBUTIONS; CONTROLLED RELEASE; ETHANOL MIXTURES; FUEL MIXTURES; FUEL SPILLS; GASOLINE COMPOUNDS; GROUNDWATER SAMPLING; HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS; LATERAL FLOW; LATERAL TRANSPORT; MONITORING WELLS; MULTILEVEL WELLS; PORE WATERS; SAMPLING TECHNIQUE; SOIL CORES; SOIL CORING; UNSATURATED ZONE; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; BENZENE; ETHANOL; GASOLINE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCARBONS; WELLS;

UNSATURATED COMPOUNDS;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BENZENE; CAPILLARY FRINGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ETHANOL; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; PLUME; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; POREWATER; POROUS MEDIUM; SAMPLING; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; WATER TABLE; WELL WATER;

BORDEN AQUIFER; CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 80051814619     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: 17456592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2011.01338.x     Document Type: Article

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