Application of Natural Attenuation to Ground Water Contaminated by Phenoxy Acid Herbicides at an Old Landfill in Sjoelund, Denmark

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 48-58

  Tuxen, Nina ^a   Ejlskov, Palle ^b,c   Albrechtsen, Hans Jørgen ^a   Reitzel, Lotte A ^a,d   Pedersen, Jørn K ^a,e,f   Bjerg, Poul L ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Ejlskov Consult A/S   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e Sonderjyllands Amt   (Denmark)

^f Grundvandsafdelingen ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; DEGRADATION; HERBICIDES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAND FILL; METABOLITES; REMEDIATION; SEDIMENTS;

ENANTIOMERIC FRACTIONS;

GROUNDWATER;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HERBICIDE; LANDFILL; NATURAL ATTENUATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REMEDIATION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 0345149271     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2003.tb00694.x     Document Type: Article

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