Quantifying chlorinated ethene degradation during reductive dechlorination at Kelly AFB using stable carbon isotopes

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 279-293

  Morrill, Penny L ^a   Lacrampe Couloume, Georges ^a   Slater, Gregory F ^a,b   Sleep, Brent E ^a   Edwards, Elizabeth A ^a   McMaster, Michaye L ^c   Major, David W ^c   Lollar, Barbara Sherwood ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaugmentation; Carbon isotope; Isotopic fractionation; Perchloroethene and field study; Rate constants

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ISOTOPES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIR FORCE BASE (AFB); CIS-1,2-DICHLOROETHENE (CDCE); ETHENE DEGRADATION; STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS;

CONTAMINATION;

CARBON; CRYOFLUORANE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; PERCHLOROETHENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINYL CHLORIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DECHLORINATION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; SOIL POLLUTION;

AIR FORCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DECHLORINATION; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHLORINE; DICHLOROETHYLENES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TEXAS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL CHLORIDE; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 15744379503     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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