Role of natural attenuation in modeling the leaching of contaminants in the risk analysis framework

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 114, Issue , 2013, Pages 395-403

  Verginelli, Iason ^a   Baciocchi, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Leaching; Natural attenuation; Risk assessment; Source depletion; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIODEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LEACHING; MOBILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; VADOSE ZONE;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BIODEGRADATION; CONTAMINATION; DISPERSION; LEACHING; NATURAL ATTENUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84871918527     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.10.035     Document Type: Article

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