Natural gas as the source of benzene in groundwater

Environmental Forensics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-67

  Kerfoot, Henry B ^a   Brady, Warren D ^a   Schramm, William H ^b   Allendorf, Mark A ^c  

^a GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^b Louisiana Dept of Environ Quality   (United States)

^c Allied Waste   (United States)

Author keywords

10.1080 15275920802678693; Benzene; Groundwater; Isotopes; Landfill; Natural gas; Tritium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871590259     PISSN: 15275922     EISSN: 15275930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15275920802678693     Document Type: Article

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