Bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated ground water: The perspectives of history and hydrology

Ground Water

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 122-132

  Chapelle, Francis H ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; DILUTION; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; SORPTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AQUIFERS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; HYDROCARBONS; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

HYDROCARBON DEGRADING BACTERIA; INTRINSIC BIOREMEDIATION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

BIOREMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HYDROLOGY; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON;

EID: 0032952244     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1999.tb00965.x     Document Type: Article

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