Estimation of rates of aerobic hydrocarbon biodegradation by simulation of gas transport in the unsaturated zone

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2231-2249

  Lahvis, Matthew A ^a   Baehr, Arthur L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GASOLINE; GROUND WATER; HYDROCARBON; OXYGEN; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE;

BIODEGRADATION; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GAS; GAS TRANSPORT; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MODEL; PLUME; SIMULATION; SOLUTE; STOICHIOMETRY; UNITED STATES; VOLATILIZATION; WATER TABLE;

BIODEGRADATION; GAS TRANSPORT; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM SPILL; REMEDIATION; UNSATURATED ZONE;

USA, NEW JERSEY, GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP;

EID: 0029664222     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR00805     Document Type: Article

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