Monitored natural attenuation of chlorinated solvents—moving beyond reductive dechlorination

Remediation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 5-23

  Vangelas, Karen M ^a   Looney, Brian B ^a   Early, Tom O ^b   Gilmore, Tyler ^c   Chapelle, Francis H ^d   Adams, Karen M ^e   Sink, Claire H ^f  

^a SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GEO Consultants LLC   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e US Department of Energy   (United States)

^f Office of Groundwater and Soil Remediation   (United States)

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EID: 84991550173     PISSN: 10515658     EISSN: 15206831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rem.20088     Document Type: Article

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