Degradability of chlorinated aliphatic compounds in methanogenic leachates sampled at eight landfills

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 54-62

  Kromann, Annette ^a   Ludvigsen, Liselotte ^a   Albrechtsen, Hans Jørgen ^a   Christensen, Thomas H ^a   Ejlertsson, Jörgen ^b   Svensson, Bo H ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

1,1,1 trichloroethane; Anaerobic transformation; Chlorinated chemicals; Denmark; Dichloroethene; Landfill; Reductive dehalogenation; Tetrachloroethene; Tetrachloromethane; Trichloroethene; Vinyl chloride

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DEHALOGENATION; ETHYLENE; METHANOGENS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

PERCHLOROETHYLENE; REDUCTIVE DEHALOGENATION; TETRACHLOROMETHANE; TRICHLOROETHANE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

LAND FILL;

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; METHANE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DEGRADATION; DEHALOGENATION; DENMARK; LANDFILL; LEACHING; METHANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032005103     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X9801600107     Document Type: Article

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