Emmanuel Charles - Academia.edu (original) (raw)
Uploads
Papers by Emmanuel Charles
Water Resources Research, 2001
Atmospheric methyl tert‐butyl ether (MTBE) concentrations in southern New Jersey generally exceed... more Atmospheric methyl tert‐butyl ether (MTBE) concentrations in southern New Jersey generally exceeded concentrations in samples taken from the unsaturated zone. A simple unsaturated zone transport model indicates that MTBE degradation can explain the attenuation with half‐lives from a few months to a couple of years. Tert‐butyl alcohol (TBA), a possible degradation product of MTBE, was detected in unsaturated‐zone samples at concentrations exceeding atmospheric levels at some sites, suggesting the possible conversion of MTBE to TBA. At sites where MTBE was detected in shallow groundwater, the concentration was typically higher than the overlying unsaturated‐zone concentration. This observation is consistent with outgassing from the aquifer and combined with the unsaturated‐zone attenuation suggests some of the MTBE detections in shallow groundwater are nonatmospheric in origin, coming from leaking tanks, road runoff, or other sources. The identification of sources of MTBE in groundwat...
Journal of Environmental Engineering, 2003
[Journal of Environmental Engineering 129, 464 (2003)]. David Fischer, Emmanuel G. Charles, Arthu... more [Journal of Environmental Engineering 129, 464 (2003)]. David Fischer, Emmanuel G. Charles, Arthur L. Baehr. Abstract. ... Dissolved oxygen concentration and alkalinity were determined on site by Winkler titration () and the inflection-point method (), respectively. ...
Water Resources Research, 2001
Atmospheric methyl tert‐butyl ether (MTBE) concentrations in southern New Jersey generally exceed... more Atmospheric methyl tert‐butyl ether (MTBE) concentrations in southern New Jersey generally exceeded concentrations in samples taken from the unsaturated zone. A simple unsaturated zone transport model indicates that MTBE degradation can explain the attenuation with half‐lives from a few months to a couple of years. Tert‐butyl alcohol (TBA), a possible degradation product of MTBE, was detected in unsaturated‐zone samples at concentrations exceeding atmospheric levels at some sites, suggesting the possible conversion of MTBE to TBA. At sites where MTBE was detected in shallow groundwater, the concentration was typically higher than the overlying unsaturated‐zone concentration. This observation is consistent with outgassing from the aquifer and combined with the unsaturated‐zone attenuation suggests some of the MTBE detections in shallow groundwater are nonatmospheric in origin, coming from leaking tanks, road runoff, or other sources. The identification of sources of MTBE in groundwat...
Journal of Environmental Engineering, 2003
[Journal of Environmental Engineering 129, 464 (2003)]. David Fischer, Emmanuel G. Charles, Arthu... more [Journal of Environmental Engineering 129, 464 (2003)]. David Fischer, Emmanuel G. Charles, Arthur L. Baehr. Abstract. ... Dissolved oxygen concentration and alkalinity were determined on site by Winkler titration () and the inflection-point method (), respectively. ...