Two-dimensional distribution of microbial activity and flow patterns within naturally fractured chalk

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 165-186

  Arnon, Shai ^a   Ronen, Zeev ^a   Adar, Eilon ^a   Yakirevich, Alexander ^a   Nativ, Ronit ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

2,4,6 tribromophenol; Bioclogging; Biodegradation; Channeling; Flow distribution; Fracture flow; Fractured chalk; Multi tracer experiment; Preferential flow path

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FLOW PATTERNS; FRACTURE; IMPURITIES; NUTRITION;

2,4,6-TRIBROMOPHENOL; BIOCLOGGING; CHANNELING; FLOW DISTRIBUTION; FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURED CHALK; MULTI-TRACER EXPERIMENTS; PREFERNTIAL FLOW PATHS;

HYDROLOGY;

2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOL; BROMIDE; CARBON; OXYGEN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIODEGRADATION; FLOW PATTERN; FRACTURE FLOW; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PREFERENTIAL FLOW;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENT; FLOW; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROCK;

AEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BROMIDES; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OXYGEN; PHENOLS; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 26044443036     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2005.06.007     Document Type: Article

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