Loss of volatile hydrocarbons from an LNAPL oil source

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 126, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 140-152

  Baedecker, Mary Jo ^a   Eganhouse, Robert P ^a   Bekins, Barbara A ^b   Delin, Geoffrey N ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

BTEX; LNAPL; n Alkanes; Naphthalene; Oil spills

Indexed keywords

2-METHYLNAPHTHALENE; AIR-WATER; BATCH-EQUILIBRATION; BEMIDJI , MINNESOTA; BTEX; LIGHT NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; LNAPL; M-XYLENE; MASS LOSS; N-ALKANES; O-XYLENE; OIL POOLS; OIL SAMPLES; OIL SOURCES; P-XYLENE; SOURCE TERMS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY; VOLATILE HYDROCARBONS;

AQUIFERS; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; CYCLOHEXANE; DEGRADATION; ETHYLBENZENE; LAKES; MICROBIOLOGY; NAPHTHALENE; OIL SPILLS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; TOLUENE; WELLS; XYLENE;

OIL WELLS;

1 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; 1,2,3 TRIMETHYLBENZENE; 1,2,4 TRIMETHYLBENZENE; 1,3,5 TRIMETHYLBENZENE; 2 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; ALKANE; CYCLOHEXANE; ETHYLBENZENE; ETHYLCYCLOHEXANE; GROUND WATER; HYDROCARBON; META XYLENE; METHYLCYCLOHEXANE; NAPHTHALENE; ORTHO XYLENE; PARA XYLENE; PETROLEUM; TETRAMETHYLBENZENE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE HYDROCARBON;

ALKANE; AQUIFER POLLUTION; BIODEGRADATION; BTEX; DISSOLUTION; NAPHTHALENE; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; OIL PIPELINE; OIL SPILL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; VOLATILIZATION;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINANT PLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBON DEPLETION; LIGHT NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; LIQUID; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; OIL AIR EQUILIBRATION; OIL SPILL; OIL WATER EQUILIBRATION; PIPELINE; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; SOLUBILITY; TIME; TRANSPORT KINETICS; UNITED STATES; VOLATILIZATION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCARBONS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PETROLEUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VOLATILIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BEMIDJI; MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054930722     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: 18736009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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