Fate of MTBE relative to benzene in a gasoline-contaminated aquifer (1993-98)

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 93-102

  Landmeyer, James E ^a   Chapelle, Francis H ^a   Bradley, Paul M ^a   Pankow, James F ^b,c,d   Church, Clinton D ^b   Tratnyek, Paul G ^b,e  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e US Environ Protect Agy Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; GASOLINE; TERT BUTYL ALCOHOL; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ALCOHOLS; AQUIFERS; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; CONTAMINATION; GASOLINE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; IRON;

METHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER; TERT-BUTYL ALCOHOL;

ETHERS;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCARBON; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION;

EID: 0032170845     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.1998.tb00168.x     Document Type: Review

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