Aerobic biodegradation of petroleum-contaminated soil: Simulations from soil microcosms

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1546, 1996, Pages 121-130

  Ostendorf, David W ^a   Long, Sharon C ^a   Schoenberg II, Theodore H ^a   Pollock, Samuel J ^b  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Highway Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REACTION KINETICS; VAPORS;

AEROBIC BIODEGRADATION; BIOVENTING; MICROCOSMS; PETROLEUM VAPORS;

SOILS;

EID: 0030286936     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1546-14     Document Type: Article

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