Transformation and fate of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil

Bioremediation of Contaminated Soils

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 89-110

  Prince, Roger C ^a   Drake, Evelyn N ^b  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b ExxonMbil Research and Engineering Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural soils; Boundary element method; Classical finite difference methods; Combined saturated and unsaturated flow; Finite element method; Integrated finite difference method; Mixed finite element methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102610689     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr37.c5     Document Type: Chapter

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