Carbon isotope fractionation during reductive dechlorination of TCE in batch experiments with iron samples from reactive barriers

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 25-37

  Schüth, Christoph ^a   Bill, Markus ^b   Barth, Johannes A C ^c   Slater, Gregory F ^d   Kalin, Robert M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Isotope fractionation; Reactive barrier; Reductive dehalogenation; Zero valent iron

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DECHLORINATION; ETHANE; ISOTOPES; SUBSTRATES;

PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS (PRB);

HYDROLOGY;

CARBON 13; IRON; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRICHLOROETHANE;

BARRIER; CARBON; DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; FRACTIONATION; GROUNDWATER; POLLUTION; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

CARBON ISOTOPE; DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; FRACTIONATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; REACTIVE BARRIER; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; DECHLORINATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FRACTIONATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0141627574     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(03)00026-3     Document Type: Article

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