• Assessment of Radon Tracer for DNAPL Characterization Within the Groundwater Through Push-pull Tests

  • Jaeyeon KimㆍYe Ji KimㆍJi-Young BaekㆍJun-Young ShinㆍSeong-Sun LeeㆍKang-Kun Lee*

  • School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea

  • 주입-양수 시험을 통한 지하수 내 DNAPL 특성화 시 라돈 추적자 평가

  • 김재연ㆍ김예지ㆍ백지영ㆍ신준영ㆍ이성순ㆍ이강근*

  • 서울대학교지구환경과학부

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This Article

  • 2024; 29(6): 141-153

    Published on Dec 31, 2024

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2024.29.6.141
  • Received on Oct 23, 2024
  • Revised on Nov 29, 2024
  • Accepted on Dec 19, 2024

Correspondence to

  • Kang-Kun Lee

  • School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea

  • E-mail: kklee@snu.ac.kr