Importance of sediment fines in laboratory studies on the degradation of organic chemicals in aquifers

Water Research

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2287-2299

  Albrechtsen, Hans Jørgen ^a   Smith, Pernille Milton ^a   Nielsen, Pernille ^a   Christensen, Thomas H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Aromatics; Fines; Microbial degradation; Organic chemicals; Solids; Xenobiotics

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; AUTOCLAVES; BACTERIA; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; GROUNDWATER; NAPHTHALENE; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TOLUENE;

SEDIMENT FINES;

SEDIMENTS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZENE; BIPHENYL; GROUND WATER; NAPHTHALENE; NITROBENZENE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; TOLUENE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT; XYLENE;

AQUIFER SEDIMENT; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEGRADATION; LABORATORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031238537     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(97)00054-7     Document Type: Article

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