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Sorption, Retention, and Release of Contaminants

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Contaminant retention on geosorbents is controlled by their physicochemical properties, their structural pattern as well as the properties of the contaminants themselves. The properties of these adsorbents control their capacity to retain release contaminants in the subsurface environment.

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Berkowitz, B., Dror, I., Yaron, B. (2014). Sorption, Retention, and Release of Contaminants. In: Contaminant Geochemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54777-5_5

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