Development of modified flyash as a permeable reactive barrier medium for a former manufactured gas plant site, Northern Ireland

Environmental Geology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-46

  Doherty, R ^a   Phillips, D H ^a,b   McGeough, K L ^a   Walsh, K P ^a   Kalin, R M ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flyash; Groundwater remediation; Northern Ireland; Permeable reactive barrier; Reactive medium

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; CYANIDES; GAS PLANTS; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METALS; LIME; MICROBIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER POLLUTION; ZEOLITES;

CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY (CEC); GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION; NORTHERN IRELAND; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIER (PRB); REACTIVE MEDIUM;

FLY ASH;

AMMONIUM; BARRIER (EQUIPMENT); CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; FLY ASH; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEAVY METAL; ION EXCHANGE; LIME; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; REMEDIATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745066996     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-005-0170-4     Document Type: Article

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