Assessment of microbial methane oxidation above a petroleum-contaminated aquifer using a combination of in situ techniques

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Urmann, Karina ^a   Schroth, Martin H ^a   Noll, Matthias ^a,b   Gonzalez Gil, Graciela ^a,c   Zeyer, Josef ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; METHANE; OXIDATION; VADOSE ZONE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

METHYLOCYSTIS; METHYLOSARCINA;

EID: 49849099217     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JG000363     Document Type: Article

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