Environmental impact and mechanisms of the biological clogging of saturated soils and aquifer materials

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 123-191

  Baveye, Philippe ^a   Vandevivere, Philippe ^b   Hoyle, Blythe L ^c   DeLeo, Paul C ^d   Sanchez De Lozada, Diego ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SYRACUSE RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial recharge; Bacteria; Bioremediation; Groundwater; Hydraulic conductivity; Microorganisms; Soil; Subsurface environment

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL RECHARGING; BIOLOGICAL CLOGGING; BIOREMEDIATION;

AQUIFERS; BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); RESERVOIRS (WATER); SOILS; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

GROUND WATER;

AQUIFER; CLOGGING; MICROORGANISM; POROUS MEDIUM; SOIL;

AQUIFER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDATION; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SOIL TREATMENT; WASTE WATER;

EID: 0031947390     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389891254197     Document Type: Review

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