Origin of a mixed brominated ethene groundwater plume: Contaminant degradation pathways and reactions

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1352-1358

  Patterson, Bradley M ^a   Cohen, Elizabeth ^a,b   Prommer, Henning ^a   Thomas, David G ^c   Rhodes, Stuart ^d   McKinley, Allan J ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c GOLDER ASSOCIATES PTY LTD   (Australia)

^d Rio Tinto Limited Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

BROMINATED ETHENE PLUME; RETARDATION COEFFICIENTS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

1,2 DIBROMOETHYLENE; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; GROUND WATER; TETRABROMOETHANE; TRIBROMOETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINYL BROMIDE; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

BROMINE COMPOUND; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; ETHYLENE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PLUME; REMEDIATION;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; DEBROMINATION; DEGRADATION; FIELD STUDY; LABORATORY TEST; LIQUID; MICROCOSM; REDUCTION; STOICHIOMETRY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 33847206498     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0615674     Document Type: Article

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