Review of groundwater contaminant mass flux measurement

Environmental Engineering Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 176-193

  Goltz, Mark N ^a   Kim, Sehjong ^b   Yoon, Hyouk ^c   Park, Junboum ^b  

^a Air Force Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea National Defense University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Flux measurement; Groundwater contamination; Hazardous waste site characterization; Hazardous waste site remediation; Integral pump test; Mass flux; Natural attenuation; Passive flux meter; Recirculating wells; Remediation technology

Indexed keywords

FLUX MEASUREMENTS; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES; INTEGRAL PUMP TEST; NATURAL ATTENUATION; PASSIVE FLUX METERS; REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGY;

CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; MASS TRANSFER;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84863074956     PISSN: 12261025     EISSN: 2005968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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