Petroleum hydrocarbon mineralization in anaerobic laboratory aquifer columns

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 41-61

  Hunkeler, Daniel ^a   Jörger, Dominik ^a,b   Häberli, Katharina ^a   Höhener, Patrick ^a   Zeyer, Josef ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BMG Engineering Ltd   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Intrinsic bioremediation; Methanogenesis; Petroleum hydrocarbons; Stable carbon isotopes; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; DIESEL FUEL; GROUND WATER; NAPHTHALENE; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BIODEGRADATION;

ALKALINITY; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; METHANOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL TREATMENT;

EID: 0032127464     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(97)00079-X     Document Type: Article

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