Evidence for the removal of CFC-11, CFC-12, and CFC-113 at the groundwater-surface water interface in the Everglades

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 279, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 94-105

  Happell, James D ^a   Price, René M ^a,b   Top, Zafer ^a   Swart, Peter K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Chlorofluorocarbons; Groundwater; Tracers; Tritium

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; CONTAMINATION; METHANE; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER WELLS;

METHANE-PRODUCING BACTERIA;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

BIODEGRADATION; CFC; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TRACER; TRITIUM;

EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK; FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

TRITIUM;

EID: 0141682170     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(03)00169-0     Document Type: Article

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