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Field tests of polyethylene-membrane diffusion sampler for characterizing volatile organic compounds in stream-bottom sediments, Nyanza chemical waste dump superfund site, Ashland, Massachusetts

U.S. Geological Survey, Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4108

Forest P. Lyford, Richard E. Willey, and Scott Clifford


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Section 1 -- 1.30 MB

 

Abstract

Introduction

Description of Study Area

Study Methods

Distribution of Volatile Organic Compounds Detected in Vapor-Diffusion Samplers

Section 2 -- 912 KB

Equilibration Time for Volatile Organic Compounds in Diffusion Samplers

Comparison of Chemical Analytical Results

Vapor- and Water-Diffusion Samples

Water-Diffusion Samples and Seepage-Meter Samples

Water-Diffusion Samples and Sediment Samples

Use of Diffusion Samplers as Reconnaissance Tools

Summary

References

 


 

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