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Development and Evolution of a Site Survey System: Groundhog

Davies et al., 2003

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17383760793335409825
Author
Davies M
Murley R
Adsley I
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International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation

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Traditional techniques for the assessment of pollutants in contaminated land, notably brown- field sites, may not yield the speed and accuracy now required for estimates of risk and remediation cost. Detailed site investigation is often limited by the time and cost of laboratory …
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