Formation of alkylated aromatic acids in groundwater by anaerobic degradation of alkylbenzenes

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 307, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 19-33

  Martus, Peter ^b   Püttmann, Wilhelm ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b URS Deutschland GmbH03 ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkylated aromatic acids; Alkylated benzenes; Benzoate; Benzylsuccinate; Hydrocarbons; Jet fuel; Metabolites; Monitored natural attenuation

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BENZENE; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOMERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REDUCTION; XYLENE;

METABOLITES;

GROUNDWATER;

AROMATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GROUND WATER; SUCCINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SULFATE;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZENE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NATURAL ATTENUATION; REDOX CONDITIONS;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DEGRADATION; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOMER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; WATER SAMPLING;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUEL OILS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 0242668334     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00512-0     Document Type: Article

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