Intrinsic degradation of volatile fatty acids in laboratory-compacted clayey soil

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 221-242

  Hrapovic, L ^a   Rowe, R K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Compacted soil; Degradation; Diffusion; Volatile fatty acids

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DIFFUSION; FATTY ACIDS; GROUNDWATER; LAND FILL; LEACHATE TREATMENT; MICROORGANISMS;

COMPACTED CLAY;

DEGRADATION;

INORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC COMPOUND; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

CLAY SOIL; DEGRADATION; FATTY ACID; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; SOIL POLLUTION; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CLAY; FERMENTATION; HALF LIFE TIME; METHANOBACTERIUM; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; EURYARCHAEOTA; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA;

EID: 0036804331     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(02)00038-4     Document Type: Article

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