On the effectiveness of remediating groundwater contamination: Waiting for the black swan

Groundwater

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 488-490

  Siegel, Donald I ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; WATERFOWL;

CYGNUS ATRATUS;

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STANDARDS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GROUNDWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84904040817     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gwat.12180     Document Type: Article

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