Anaerobic biodegradation of MTBE at a gasoline spill site

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 103-115

  Wilson, John T ^a,b,c   Adair, Cherri ^a,b,c   Kaiser, Philip M ^a,b   Kolhatkar, Ravi ^d,e  

^a US EPA Office of Research and Development   (United States)

^b Water Supply and Water Resources Division   (United States)

^c Robert S Kerr Environmental Research Center   (United States)

^d BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; BIODEGRADATION; DATA REDUCTION; ETHERS; GASOLINE; THERMAL PLUMES;

ANAEROBIC BIODEGRADATION; CASE STUDIES; METHY TERT-BUTYL ETHERS (MTBE); TERT-BUTYL ALCOHOLS (TBA);

GROUNDWATER;

BIODEGRADATION; GAS SEEPAGE; MICROCOSM; MTBE; NATURAL ATTENUATION; POLLUTION MONITORING;

NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29144494876     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2005.00032.x     Document Type: Article

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