NP1EC degradation pathways under oxic and microxic conditions

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 6409-6414

  Montgomery Brown, John ^a   Li, Yongmei ^a,b   Ding, Wang Hsien ^c   Mong, Gary M ^d   Campbell, James A ^d   Reinhard, Martin ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION PATHWAYS; NONYL PHENOL;

NUCLEAR PROPULSION; OXIC SEDIMENTS;

ALIPHATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID; ALKYLPHENOL; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ETHER; NONANOL; NONYLPHENOL; NONYLPHENOL ETHOXYACETIC ACID; ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN; TERICS;

ACETIC ACID; AQUIFER; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; METABOLITE; MICROCOSM; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXIDATION; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SOIL DEGRADATION;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; HYDROXYLATION; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROCOSM; OXIDATION; SEDIMENT; SOIL; UNITED STATES; CHEMISTRY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY;

CALIFORNIA; COYOTE LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CANIS LATRANS;

ALIPHATIC CARBON; ALKYL CHAIN; ALKYL GROUPS; ARIZONA; BIODEGRADATION PATHWAYS; CALIFORNIA; CARBON RICH; DEGRADATION PATHWAYS; NONYLPHENOLS; OXIC CONDITIONS; RING CLOSURES; SOIL AQUIFER TREATMENTS;

AQUIFERS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMOLECULES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DEGRADATION; ETHERS; METABOLITES; MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOLS; PLANT SHUTDOWNS;

ETHYLENE GLYCOLS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXYGEN;

EID: 50849117494     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es702561t     Document Type: Article

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