Degradation rates of CFC-11, CFC-12 and CFC-113 in anoxic shallow aquifers of Araihazar, Bangladesh

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 27-41

  Horneman, A ^a   Stute, M ^b,c   Schlosser, P ^a,b,d   Smethie Jr , W ^b   Santella, N ^b   Ho, D T ^b   Mailloux, B ^c   Gorman, E ^b   Zheng, Y ^b,e   van Geen, A ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; CFCs; Degradation rates; Groundwater dating; Tritium 3He

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION RATES; GROUNDWATER DATING; HUMID TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; AQUIFERS; DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW;

CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS;

CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON 11; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON 113; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON 12; GROUND WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; AQUIFERS; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW;

AQUIFER; CFC; DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; PHREATIC ZONE; REMEDIATION; VADOSE ZONE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BANGLADESH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGRADATION; GAS; HUMIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BANGLADESH; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; HELIUM; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TRITIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARAIHAZAR; ASIA; BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH]; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 40849095845     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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