Estimation of contaminant subslab concentration in vapor intrusion including lateral source-building separation

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Yao, Yijun ^a,b   Shen, Rui ^a   Pennell, Kelly G ^a,c   Suuberg, Eric M ^a  

^a Brown University   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c University of Massachusetts Dartmouth   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION FACTORS; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; DISTRIBUTION OF CONTAMINANTS; SEMI-ANALYTICAL METHODS; SOURCE DISTRIBUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELS; VERTICAL TRANSPORTS;

CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IMPURITIES; SEPARATION; VAPORS;

SOURCE SEPARATION;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATABASE; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; SIMULATION;

EID: 84879993242     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2012.0157     Document Type: Article

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