Paleo-roothole facilitated transport of aromatic hydrocarbons through a holocene clay bed

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 7118-7124

  White, Rachel A ^a,b   Rivett, Michael O ^a   Tellam, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BENZENE; CONTAMINATION; DISSOLUTION; HYDROCARBONS; IMPURITIES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; AQUIFERS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

AQUITARD; BELOW GROUND SURFACE; FACILITATED TRANSPORT; FIELD STUDIES; FLOW-PATHS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE CLAYS; HYDROCARBON SPILLS; INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES; NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID;

CLAY MINERALS; CONTAMINATION;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZENE;

AQUITARD; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CLAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTAMINATED LAND; HOLOCENE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; OIL SPILL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; PENETRATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLAY; HOLOCENE; INDUSTRIAL AREA; PALEONTOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM SILICATES; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DIFFUSION; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PLANTS; POROSITY; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AQUITARDS; BE-DIFFUSION; BELOW GROUND SURFACES; BENZENE CONCENTRATION; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; CONTAMINATED SITES; CORE SAMPLING; FACILITATED TRANSPORT; FIELD STUDIES; FLOW PATH; HIGH RESOLUTION; HOLOCENE CLAYS; HOLOCENES; INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES; MUDROCKS; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; PALEO-ENVIRONMENT; PERMEABILITY ENHANCEMENT; PREFERENTIAL PATHWAYS; ROCK TYPES; STEADY STATE DIFFUSION; TRANSPORT PROCESS; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 54749120150     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es800797u     Document Type: Article

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