Contribution of anaerobic microbial activity to natural attenuation of benzene in groundwater

Engineering Geology

Volumn 70, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 343-349

  Johnson, S J ^a   Woolhouse, K J ^a   Prommer, H ^a   Barry, D A ^a   Christofi, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerobic degradation; Benzene; BTEX; Iron reduction; Methanogenesis; Modelling; Nitrate reduction; Sulphate reduction

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCARBONS; TOXICITY;

TERMINAL ELECTRON ACCEPTORS (TEA);

GEOLOGY;

BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MODELING; NATURAL ATTENUATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION RATE;

EID: 0142249320     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(03)00102-9     Document Type: Article

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