Assessing microbial degradation of o-xylene at field-scale from the reduction in mass flow rate combined with compound-specific isotope analyses

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 71, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 127-154

  Peter, A ^a   Steinbach, A ^b   Liedl, R ^a   Ptak, T ^a   Michaelis, W ^b   Teutsch, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

BTEX compounds; Carbon isotope fractionation; Mass flow rates; Natural Attenuation

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BIODEGRADATION; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REMEDIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CONTROL PLANES; INTEGRAL PUMPING TEST; NATURAL ATTENUATION (NA);

HYDROLOGY;

CARBON 13;

BIODEGRADATION; BTEX; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NATURAL ATTENUATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REMEDIATION; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; FLOW RATE; FRACTIONATION; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISOTOPES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; XYLENES;

EID: 2442431814     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2003.09.006     Document Type: Article

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