Sequential hydrocarbon biodegradation in a soil from arid coastal Australia, treated with oil under laboratory controlled conditions

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1336-1346

  Greenwood, Paul F ^a   Wibrow, Sarah ^a   George, Suman J ^a   Tibbett, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYL NAPHTHALENES; AUSTRALIA; BIODEGRADATION STUDIES; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; CRUDE OILS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HABITAT TYPES; HYDROCARBON BIODEGRADATIONS; METHYL PHENANTHRENES; MOLECULAR PARAMETERS; N-ALKANES; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; REDUCTION RATES; SANDY SOILS; SOIL MEDIUM; SOIL SAMPLES; TRACE LEVELS; TREATED SOILS;

ATMOSPHERICS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; DEGRADATION; EXTRACTION; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; ISOMERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIOLOGY; NAPHTHALENE; OIL FIELDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; SOILS;

BIODEGRADATION;

BIODEGRADATION; COASTAL ZONE; CRUDE OIL; HABITAT TYPE; HYDROCARBON; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROCOSM; NATURE RESERVE; OIL FIELD; RESPIRATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 49149096280     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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