Effect of Fe(III) on 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane degradation and vinyl chloride accumulation in wetland sediments of the Aberdeen Proving Ground

Bioremediation Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 31-45

  Jones, Elizabeth J P ^a   Voytek, Mary A ^a   Lorah, Michelle M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

1,1,2,2 tetrachloroethane; Aberdeen Proving Ground; Anaerobic; DCE; Dechlorination; Dichloroelimination; Fe(III); Hydrogenolysis; Methanogenic; Microbial degradation; Pathway; Vinyl chloride

Indexed keywords

1,1,2,2-TETRACHLOROETHANE; ABERDEEN PROVING GROUNDS; ANAEROBIC; DCE; DICHLOROELIMINATION; METHANOGENIC; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; PATHWAY; VINYL CHLORIDES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIODEGRADATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DECHLORINATION; ETHANE; HYDROGENOLYSIS; HYDROLYSIS; IRON COMPOUNDS; REACTION KINETICS; WETLANDS;

DEGRADATION;

EID: 3242677303     PISSN: 10889868     EISSN: 15476529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10889860490453159     Document Type: Article

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