Quantifying the mineralization of contaminants using stable carbon isotope ratios

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 8 A, 1999, Pages 787-792

  Jackson, Andrew ^a   Pardue, John ^b  

^a Texas Tech University   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

13C signatures, Contaminant mineralization; Monitoring, Stable isotopes, Hexadecane

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINANT MINERALIZATION; RADIORESPIROMETRY;

CARBON; DEGRADATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEXADECANE; ISOTOPE; MINERALIZATION; RADIORESPIROMETRY;

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; ISOTOPES;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

CARBON ISOTOPE; MINERALIZATION; POLLUTANT;

EID: 0032867831     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(99)00061-3     Document Type: Article

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