Natural attenuation of a plume from an emplaced coal tar creosote source over 14 years

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 100, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 101-115

  Fraser, M ^a   Barker, J F ^a   Butler, B ^a   Blaine, F ^a   Joseph, S ^a   Cooke, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biotransformation; Borden; Coal tar creosote; Natural attenuation

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; ASTROPHYSICS; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COAL; COAL RESEARCH; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; METAL RECOVERY; MINERALOGY; NAPHTHALENE; NONMETALS; OXYGEN; PHENOLS; PROCESS CONTROL; SOLUBILITY; SULFATE MINERALS; TAR; TERNARY SYSTEMS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; VAPOR PRESSURE; XYLENE;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION PROCESSES; BORDEN; COAL TAR CREOSOTE; COMPLEX MIXTURES; DEGRADATION POTENTIAL; DIBENZOFURAN; ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; HIGH SOLUBILITY; MASS FLUXES; MASS LOSSES; MASS TRANSFORMATION; MONITORING NETWORKS; NATURAL ATTENUATION; ORGANIC MASS; ORGANICS; PARTITIONING COEFFICIENTS; PROCESS CONTROLLING; RAOULT'S LAW; SOURCE ZONE; STEADY STATES;

COAL TAR;

COAL TAR; CREOSOTE; DIBENZOFURAN; GROUND WATER; PHENANTHRENE;

AQUIFER; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COAL TAR; CREOSOTE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PLUME; SOLUBILITY;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; MINERALIZATION; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BENZOFURANS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COAL TAR; CREOSOTE; ELECTRONS; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NAPHTHALENES; OXYGEN; PHENANTHRENES; PHENOL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOLUBILITY; TIME FACTORS; XYLENES;

EID: 49849099234     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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