Evaluation of isotopic enrichment factors for the biodegradation of chlorinated ethenes using a parameter estimation model: Toward an improved quantification of biodegradation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3886-3892

  Morrill, Penny L ^a,b   Sleep, Brent E ^a   Slater, Gregory F ^a,c   Edwards, Elizabeth A ^a   Lollar, Barbara Sherwood ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYMATIC REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION; ISOTOPIC ENRICHMENT FACTORS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION MODELS; RAYLEIGH MODEL;

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON; DECHLORINATION; FRACTIONATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SUBSTRATES;

OLEFINS;

1,2 DICHLOROETHYLENE; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; GROUND WATER; ISOTOPE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON; DECHLORINATION; FRACTIONATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OLEFINS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SUBSTRATES;

BIODEGRADATION; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DECHLORINATION; ENRICHMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; ETHYLENE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LABORATORY METHOD;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; DECHLORINATION; FRACTIONATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHLORINE; DICHLOROETHYLENES; ETHYLENES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

EID: 33745158639     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es051513e     Document Type: Article

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