Stable isotope evidence for biodegradation of chlorinated ethenes at a fractured bedrock site

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 4848-4856

  Chartrand, Michelle M G ^a   Morrill, Penny L ^a,b   Lacrampe Couloume, Georges ^a   Lollar, Barbara Sherwood ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULICS; ISOTOPES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCKS; VINYL RESINS; WATER WELLS;

BEDROCKS; CHLORINATED ETHENES; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; TRICHLOROETHENE (TCE);

CARBON;

1,2 DICHLOROETHYLENE; CARBON; ETHYLENE; GROUND WATER; ISOTOPE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

BIODEGRADATION; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; FRACTURED MEDIUM; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DISSOLUTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; ISOTOPE LABELING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHYLENES; GEOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 22044451333     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es048592z     Document Type: Article

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