Mass Transfer within Surface Soils

Handbook of Chemical Mass Transport in the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 159-212

  McKone, Thomas E ^a   Bartelt Hunt, Shannon L ^b   Olson, Mira S ^c   Tillman, Fred D ^d  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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EID: 85134936040     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b10262-13     Document Type: Chapter

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