A three-dimensional model of microbial transport and biodegradation at the Schoolcraft, Michigan, site

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1-17

  Phanikumar, M S ^a   Hyndman, David W ^b   Zhao, Xianda ^a   Dybas, Michael J ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBON INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COST EFFECTIVENESS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; IMPURITIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE (CT); ELECTRON DONOR; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINANTS; MICROBIAL TRANSPORT;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BIOREMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; REACTIVE TRANSPORT;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTY; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20844442347     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003376     Document Type: Article

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