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Novel technologies for sniffing soil and ground water contaminants [1]

The presence of hydrocarbons, dense non-aqueous phase liquids, heavy metals and radioactive wastes in soil and ground water represents a serious threat to health and safety. Detecting and delineating these contaminants in the subsurface is a challenging task. Traditional site characterization methods involving drilling and sampling (soil, groundwater, and soil gas), followed by laboratory analysis are timeconsuming, laborious, expensive and expose personnel to contaminated media.

Publication Date: 
25/10/2009
Pradeep U. Kurup [2]
Current Science [3]
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Tags:
Groundwater Pollution [4], Land Pollution [5], Science And Technology [6]
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