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On the Behavior of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in the Unsaturated Zone: Abiotic Aspects

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Toxic Organic Chemicals in Porous Media

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 73))

Abstract

In recent years pollution of the unsaturated zone by petroleum products has aroused concern particularly with regard to ground water quality. The research carried out in this field has dealt mainly with the biological degradation of petroleum products and their residues in soil as well as with their transport through porous media as a liquid immiscible with water or through the gaseous phase.

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  1. Department of Organic and Residues Chemistry, Institute of Soils and Water, ARO, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, 50250, Israel

    B. Yaron

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  1. Institute of Soils and Water, The Volcani Center, ARO, P.O. Box 6, 50250, Bet Dagan, Israel

    Zev Gerstl , U. Mingelgrin  & Bruno Yaron ,  & 

  2. Dept. of Soils and Water Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, P.O. Box 12, 76100, Rehovot, Israel

    Y. Chen

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Yaron, B. (1989). On the Behavior of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in the Unsaturated Zone: Abiotic Aspects. In: Gerstl, Z., Chen, Y., Mingelgrin, U., Yaron, B. (eds) Toxic Organic Chemicals in Porous Media. Ecological Studies, vol 73. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74468-6_10

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