Tracking in situ biodegradation of 1,2-dichloroethenes in a model wetland

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 7924-7930

  Imfeld, Gwenaël ^a   Aragonés, Cristian Estop ^a   Zeiger, Simone ^a   Von Eckstädt, Christiane Vitzthum ^a,b   Paschke, Heidrun ^a   Trabitzsch, Ralf ^a   Weiss, Holger ^a   Richnow, Hans H ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DEGRADATION; ETHYLENE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON; ISOTOPES; METHANE; REACTION KINETICS; WETLANDS;

CARBON ENRICHMENTS; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATERS; DEGRADATION MECHANISMS; DEGRADATION PROCESSES; DICHLOROETHENE; DICHLOROETHENES; ENGINEERED SYSTEMS; FERROUS IRONS; FLOW PATHS; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IN-SITU; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC EFFECTS; REDUCING CONDITIONS; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION; SPATIAL CHANGES; VINYL CHLORIDES;

DECHLORINATION;

1,2 DICHLOROETHYLENE; GROUND WATER; IRON; METHANE; SULFIDE;

BIODEGRADATION; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECHLORINATION; ETHYLENE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; OXIDATION; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; DECHLORINATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; REDUCTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WETLAND;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; DICHLOROETHYLENES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

EID: 55349093919     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8014277     Document Type: Article

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