Impact of microbial activity on the hydraulic properties of fractured chalk

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 315-336

  Arnon, Shai ^a   Adar, Eilon ^a   Ronen, Zeev ^a   Yakirevich, Alexander ^a   Nativ, Ronit ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

2,4,6 Tribromophenol; Bioclogging; Biodegradation; Fractured chalk; Transmissivity

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); OXYGEN; POROUS MATERIALS;

EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES (EPS); FRACTURED CHALK CORES; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

BACTERIA;

OXYGEN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYMER;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CHALK; FRACTURED MEDIUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TRANSMISSIVITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; FLUID FLOW; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MODEL; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHENOLS; POROSITY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 15744362040     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2004.11.004     Document Type: Article

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