New field method: Gas push-pull test for the in-situ quantification of microbial activities in the vadose zone

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 304-310

  Urmann, Karina ^a   Gonzalez Gil, Graciela ^a   Schroth, Martin H ^a   Hofer, Markus ^b   Zeyer, Josef ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; EXTRACTION; ISOTOPES; METHANE; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION; RATE CONSTANTS;

GAS CONVERSION; GAS PUSH-PULL TEST (GPPT); MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; TRACER GASES;

ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING;

ACETYLENE; ARGON; GROUND WATER; METHANE; NEON; OXYGEN;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; IN SITU TEST; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; VADOSE ZONE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; GAS ANALYSIS; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 11244252988     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0495720     Document Type: Article

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