Field-scale biofiltration of gasoline vapors extracted from beneath a leaking underground storage tank

Biodegradation

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-42

  Jutras, Eileen Maura ^a   Smart, Cecil M ^b   Rupert, Richard ^c   Pepper, Ian L ^a   Miller, Raina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Greeley and Hanson   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biofiltration; BTEX; Field scale; Gasoline

Indexed keywords

FIELD SCALE BIOFILTRATION; GASOLINE VAPORS; LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK; SOIL VAPOR EXTRACTION;

BACTERIA; COMBUSTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; EXTRACTION; GASOLINE; HYDROCARBONS; MOISTURE; SOILS; TEMPERATURE; VAPORS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

FILTRATION;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTRATION; GASOLINE; HYDROCARBON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0030834368     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008233614270     Document Type: Article

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