Intrinsic biodegradation of MTBE and BTEX in a gasoline-contaminated aquifer

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1105-1115

  Borden, Robert C ^a   Daniel, Robert A ^b   LeBrun IV, Louis E ^c   Davis, Charles W ^d  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b N Carolina Div Environ Nat Rsrc   (United States)

^c S and ME Inc   (United States)

^d Wooten Co   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; BIODEGRADATION; BTEX; CONTAMINATION; GASOLINE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MTBE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AQUIFERS; BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; GASOLINE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MICROBIOLOGY; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

AEROBIC CONDITION; DENITRIFYING CONDITIONS; FIELD MONITORING; FIRST-ORDER DECAYS; GASOLINE-CONTAMINATED; INTRINSIC BIODEGRADATION; LABORATORY MICROCOSM; P XYLENE;

BIODEGRADATION;

EID: 0030616550     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR00014     Document Type: Article

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