Migration and natural fate of a coal tar creosote plume. 2. Mass balance and biodegradation indicators

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 281-307

  King, Mark W G ^a   Barker, James F ^a   Devlin, John F ^a   Butler, Barbara J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Attenuation; Biodegradation; Creosote; Field studies; Groundwater; PAHs

Indexed keywords

1 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE; COAL TAR; CREOSOTE; DIBENZOFURAN; FATTY ACID; FERROUS ION; GROUND WATER; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; MANGANESE; META XYLENE; METHANE; NAPHTHALENE; OXYGEN; PHENOL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SULFATE;

BIODEGRADATION; COAL TAR; CREOSOTE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; PLUME; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

ATTENUATION; BIODEGRADATION; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROORGANISM; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PLUME DISPERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032836637     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(99)00048-0     Document Type: Article

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