An evaluation of aerobic trichloroethene attenuation using first-order rate estimation

Bioremediation Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 337-357

  Sorenson Jr , Kent S ^a   Peterson, Lance N ^a   Hinchee, Robert E ^b,d   Ely, Roger L ^c  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Parsons Engineering Science Inc   (United States)

^c Yale University   (United States)

^d BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC COMETABOLISM; AEROBIC DEGRADATION; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; CONTAMINATION SOURCES; FIRST-ORDER RATES; GROUNDWATER PLUMES; IDAHO NATIONAL ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORIES; NATURAL ATTENUATION; POTENTIAL MECHANISM; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION; SMALL AREA; TETRACHLOROETHENE; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TRICHLOROETHENES;

DECHLORINATION; DISPERSIONS; ESTIMATION; GROUNDWATER; IMPURITIES; LABORATORIES; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; TRITIUM;

DEGRADATION;

EID: 0343806998     PISSN: 10889868     EISSN: 15476529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10889860091114293     Document Type: Article

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