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Can thermal soil remediation be sustainable? A case study of the environmental merit of the remediation of a site contaminated by a light non-aqueous phase liquid (LNAPL)

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Pages 103-121 | Received 07 Oct 2010, Accepted 15 Feb 2011, Published online: 08 Apr 2011

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