Carbon Isotope Fractionation of PCE and TCE during Dechlorination by Vitamin B12

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 59-67

  Slater, G F ^a,b   Sherwood Lollar, B ^b,c,d   Lesage, S ^a,b,e,f,g   Brown, S ^e,h  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^g MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON; COMPLEXATION; DECHLORINATION; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; REMEDIATION; VITAMINS;

ENRICHMENT FACTORS;

FRACTIONATION;

CARBON ISOTOPE; DECHLORINATION; FRACTIONATION; GROUNDWATER; REMEDIATION; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

EID: 0345581130     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2003.tb00695.x     Document Type: Article

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