Soil gas investigations of sites with toxic chemicals in contaminated soils and ground water, evolution and practices with case histories since the early 1980es

Michael M. Uziel, American Analytics, Los Angeles, USA
George Havalias, American Analytics, Los Angeles, Usa

This presentation describes the evolution of soil gas investigations in the United States, advantages of, problems and challenges with, the technology of active and passive soil gas studies. It includes historical case studies of sites contaminated with variety of volatile and nonvolatile toxic substances and fuels.