Investigation of the performance of organic carbon permeable reactive barriers using dissolved gas analysis

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 297, 2005, Pages 383-388

  Williams, Randi L ^a   Mayer, K Ulrich ^a   Amos, Rich T ^a   Blowes, David W ^b   Ptacek, Carol J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dissolved gases; Permeable reactive barriers (PRBs); Terminal electron accepting processes (TEAPs)

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DEGASSING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRON COMPOUNDS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; METHANOGENS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REDUCTION;

DISSOLVED GASES; ORGANIC CARBON; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS (PRB); TERMINAL ELECTRON ACCEPTING PROCESSES (TEAP);

WATER TREATMENT;

DISSOLVED GAS; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; REACTIVE BARRIER;

EID: 23844503966     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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