A conservative vapour intrusion screening model of oxygen-limited hydrocarbon vapour biodegradation accounting for building footprint size

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 155, Issue , 2013, Pages 46-54

  Knight, John H ^a,b   Davis, Gregory B ^a,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Oxygen; Petroleum vapour; Screening model; Slab size

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION PROCESS; BUILDING FOOTPRINT; COMPLEX MATHEMATICS; FIELD INVESTIGATION; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; SCREENING MODELS; SLAB SIZE; VAPOUR INTRUSIONS;

BIODEGRADATION; FORECASTING; HYDROCARBONS; MICROBIOLOGY; OXYGEN; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

VAPORS;

HYDROCARBON; OXYGEN; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE;

BIODEGRADATION; BUILDING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGEN; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BUILDING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; VAPOR;

BIODEGRADATION; OXYGEN; PETROLEUM VAPOUR; SCREENING MODEL; SLAB SIZE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXYGEN;

EID: 84886466175     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: 18736009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2013.09.005     Document Type: Article

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