Quantification of aerobic biodegradation and volatilization rates of gasoline hydrocarbons near the water table under natural attenuation conditions

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 753-765

  Lahvis, Matthew A ^a   Baehr, Arthur L ^a   Baker, Ronald J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXENE; ETHYLBENZENE; GASOLINE; HYDROCARBON; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; SPILLAGE; UNITED STATES; VOLATILIZATION;

BIODEGRADATION; GASOLINE; HYDROCARBONS; MASS TRANSFER; OIL SPILLS; VAPORS;

VOLATILIZATION; WATER TABLE;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

BIODEGRADATION; HYDROCARBON; WATER TABLE;

EID: 0033105462     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998WR900087     Document Type: Article

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