Sulfur cycling and biodegradation in contaminated aquifers: Insights from stable isotope investigations

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 7807-7812

  Knöller, Kay ^a   Vogt, Carsten ^a   Feisthauer, Stefan ^a   Weise, Stephan M ^a   Weiss, Holger ^a   Richnow, Hans Hermann ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMPURITIES; ISOTOPES; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; SULFUR; SULFUR DETERMINATION;

BACTERIAL SULFATE REDUCTIONS; COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; CONTAMINATED AQUIFERS; ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; FLOW PATHS; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; HOT SPOTS; HYDROCHEMICAL; IN SITU CONDITIONS; ISOTOPE DISTRIBUTIONS; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATIONS; ISOTOPE SYSTEMS; NATURAL ATTENUATIONS; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; REDUCED SULFUR SPECIES; SHORT DISTANCES; STABLE ISOTOPES; SULFUR CYCLING; SULFUR TRANSFORMATION PROCESSES;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM; SULFATE;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; ELECTRON; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; NATURAL ATTENUATION; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFUR CYCLE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; SULFUR CYCLE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SOIL; SULFATES; SULFUR; SULFUR ISOTOPES; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 55349085404     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es800331p     Document Type: Article

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