Biodegradation of hydrocarbons vapors: Comparison of laboratory studies and field investigations in the vadose zone at the emplaced fuel source experiment, Airbase Værløse, Denmark

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 88, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 337-358

  Höhener, Patrick ^a   Dakhel, Nathalie ^b   Christophersen, Mette ^c   Broholm, Mette ^c   Kjeldsen, Peter ^c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIV   (France)

^b Ecole d'Ingenieurs de Changins   (Switzerland)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Field experiment; Natural attenuation; Petroleum hydrocarbons; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BIODEGRADATION; MICROORGANISMS; MIXTURES; REACTION KINETICS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

NATURAL ATTENUATION; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; VADOSE ZONE;

HYDROCARBONS;

1,2,4 TRIMETHYLBENZENE; AMMONIA; BENZENE; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; CYCLOPENTANE; DECANE; DODECANE; FUEL; HEXANE; HYDROCARBON; METHYLCYCLOHEXANE; OCTANE; PENTANE; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

ATTENUATION; BIODEGRADATION; HYDROCARBONS; MICROORGANISMS; MIXTURES; REACTION KINETICS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BIODEGRADATION; HYDROCARBON; SANDY SOIL; VADOSE ZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROBIC BACTERIA; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; DENMARK; DIFFUSION; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFORMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINETICS; LABORATORY TEST; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROCOSM; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SANDY SOIL; SIMULATION; TRANSPORT KINETICS; VAPOR;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DENMARK; HYDROCARBONS; KINETICS; PETROLEUM; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VOLATILIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33751222576     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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