Transformations of n-alkanes from petroleum pollutants in alluvial groundwaters

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-81

  Jovančićević, Branimir ^a,b   Polić, Predrag ^a,b   Vrvić, Miroslav ^a,b   Scheeder, Georg ^c   Teschner, Manfred ^c   Wehner, Hermann ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b IChTM   (Serbia)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alluvial sediment; Danube; Microorganisms; N Alkanes; Oil polluted groundwater

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; FATTY ACIDS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; PARAFFINS; SEDIMENTS;

ALKANE COMPOSITION; ALLUVIAL SEDIMENTS; DANUBE; N-ALKANE; N-ALKANES; OIL REFINERIES; OIL-POLLUTED GROUNDWATER; PETROLEUM POLLUTANT; TIME INTERVAL; YUGOSLAVIA;

GROUNDWATER;

ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 33645190235     PISSN: 16103653     EISSN: 16103661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-002-0002-7     Document Type: Article

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