The effect of organic carbon on the sequential reductive dehalogenation of tetrachloroethylene in landfill leachates

Water Research

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2390-2396

  Leahy, Joseph G ^a   Shreve, Gina S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Landfill leachate; Microcosm; Reductive dehalogenation; Tetrachlorethylene; Trichloroethylene

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CARBON; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; DEHALOGENATION; ELECTRONS; IMPURITIES; LAND FILL; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ANAEROBIC MICROCOSMS; CHLOROALIPHATIC; ELECTRON DONOR; LANDFILL CELLS; LANDFILL LEACHATES; SEQUENTIAL REDUCTIVE DEHALOGENATION; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

GROUND WATER; ORGANIC MATTER; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

LANDFILL; LEACHATE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; DEHALOGENATION; LANDFILL; LEACHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TECHNIQUE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0034063967     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(99)00389-9     Document Type: Article

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