Vapor intrusion models for petroleum and chlorinated volatile organic compounds: Opportunities for future improvements

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Bekele, Dawit N ^a   Naidu, Ravi ^a   Bowman, Mark ^b   Chadalavada, Sreenivasulu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Dep of Defence (Navy)   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CHLORINATED VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; MATHEMATICAL ALGORITHMS; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; RISK ASSESSMENT MODELS; VAPOR INTRUSION MODELS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCS);

GEOLOGIC MODELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL ATTENUATION; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

VAPORS;

ALGORITHM; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; FUTURE PROSPECT; NATURAL ATTENUATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REMEDIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VADOSE ZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 84878122754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2012.0048     Document Type: Review

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