Distinguishing abiotic and biotic transformation of tetrachloroethylene and trichloroethylene by stable carbon isotope fractionation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 7094-7100

  Liang, Xiaoming ^a   Dong, Yiran ^a   Kuder, Tomasz ^b   Krumholz, Lee R ^b   Philp, R Paul ^b   Butler, Elizabeth C ^a  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC TRANSFORMATION; KINETIC ISOTOPE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

CARBON; DECHLORINATION; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPES; PH EFFECTS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ETHYLENE;

CARBON; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

CARBON; DECHLORINATION; ETHYLENE; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPES; PH EFFECTS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

BACTERIUM; CARBON ISOTOPE; DECHLORINATION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; KINETICS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; REDUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRANSFORMATION; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; DESULFUROMONAS; DESULFUROMONAS MICHIGANENSIS; FRACTIONATION; NONHUMAN; REDUCTION; SPIRILLUM; SULFUROSPIRILLUM MULTIVORANS;

CARBON ISOTOPES; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFUROMONAS MICHIGANENSIS; SULFUROSPIRILLUM MULTIVORANS;

EID: 35348898542     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es070970n     Document Type: Article

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