Natural attenuation of diesel aliphatic hydrocarbons in contaminated agricultural soil

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 494-502

  Serrano, Antonio ^a   Gallego, Mercedes ^a   González, Jose Luis ^a   Tejada, Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agricultural soil; Aliphatic hydrocarbons; Diesel fuel spill; Natural attenuation

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CONTAMINATION; DIESEL FUELS; SOILS; WASTES;

AGRICULTURAL LANDS; AGRICULTURAL SOILS; ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY;

HYDROCARBONS;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; CARBON; DIESEL FUEL; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIESEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; OIL SPILL; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BIOMASS; ENERGY; EVAPORATION; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; SPILLAGE;

AGRICULTURE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASOLINE; HYDROCARBONS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 38849148457     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.04.015     Document Type: Article

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