Estimating the Impact of Vadose Zone Sources on Groundwater to Support Performance Assessment of Soil Vapor Extraction

Groundwater Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 71-84

  Oostrom, M ^a   Truex, M J ^a   Rice, A K ^a,b   Johnson, C D ^a   Carroll, K C ^a,c   Becker, D J ^d   Simon, M A ^e  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d US Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INTERPOLATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; LAND FILL; SOIL CONSERVATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOOLS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VAPORS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

GROUNDWATER CONCENTRATIONS; GROUNDWATER MONITORING; MULTIPHASE TRANSPORT; PARAMETER SENSITIVITIES; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOIL VAPOR EXTRACTION; SOURCE CHARACTERISTICS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND (VOC);

GROUNDWATER;

COMPLIANCE; GROUNDWATER; INTERPOLATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REMEDIATION; TRANSPORT PROCESS; VADOSE ZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 84900388325     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: 17456592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gwmr.12050     Document Type: Article

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