Fate of dissolved toluene during steady infiltration through unsaturated soil: II. Biotransformation under nutrient-limited conditions

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 287-295

  Allen King, Richelle M ^a   Gillham, Robert W ^b   Barker, James F ^b   Sudicky, Edward A ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; GROUNDWATER; INFILTRATION; MICROORGANISMS; OXYGEN; REACTION KINETICS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SOILS; TOLUENE;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; COLUMN RESIDENCE TIME; DYNAMIC COLUMN INFILTRATION; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT LIMITED CONDITION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SANDY SOIL; ZERO ORDER KINETICS;

BIOCONVERSION;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITRATE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; TOLUENE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROORGANISM; NUTRIENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SOIL; STEADY STATE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

EID: 0030110972     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1996.00472425002500020012x     Document Type: Article

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