Engineered in situ bioremediation of a petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated aquifer: Assessment of mineralization based on alkalinity, inorganic carbon and stable carbon isotope balances

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 201-223

  Hunkeler, Daniel ^a   Höhener, Patrick ^a   Bernasconi, Stefano ^a   Zeyer, Josef ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Groundwater; In situ bioremediation; Petroleum hydrocarbons; Stable carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON (DIC); MINERALIZATION;

ALKALINITY; AQUIFERS; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBON; DIESEL FUELS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCARBONS; ISOTOPES; METHANE; OXIDATION; WATER ANALYSIS;

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

CARBON; CARBON 13; DIESEL FUEL; FERROUS ION; GROUND WATER; HYDROCARBON; MANGANESE; METHANE; OXIDIZING AGENT; OXYGEN; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BIOREMEDIATION; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON;

ALKALINITY; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICROORGANISM; MINERALIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL TREATMENT; SWITZERLAND; WATER CONTAMINATION;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0345654355     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(99)00003-0     Document Type: Article

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