The effect of seasonal variability on intrinsic biodegradation of a BTEX plume

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 250, 1998, Pages 213-220

  Prommer, H ^a   Barry, D A ^b   Davis, G B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODEL; ETHYLBENZENE; NATURAL ATTENUATION;

AUSTRALIA; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; ETHYLBENZENE; FERRIC ION; MODEL; TOLUENE; WATER CONTAMINATION; XYLENE;

AQUIFERS; BENZENE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; MASS TRANSFER; TOLUENE; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; XYLENE;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BIODEGRADATION; BTEX; CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; SEASONALITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032443857     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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