Biodegradation potential of MTBE in a fractured chalk aquifer under aerobic conditions in long-term uncontaminated and contaminated aquifer microcosms

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 103, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 119-133

  Shah, Nadeem W ^a   Thornton, Steven F ^a   Bottrell, Simon H ^b   Spence, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Chalk; Groundwater; Microcosms; MTBE; Natural attenuation

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BIODEGRADATIONS; AEROBIC CONDITIONS; AEROBIC PROCESSES; BIODEGRADATION POTENTIALS; BIODEGRADATION RATES; CHALK; CONTAMINANT PLUMES; CONTAMINATED AQUIFERS; ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; FRACTURED CHALKS; GROUNDWATER TEMPERATURES; IN SITU BIOREMEDIATION; IN SITU CONDITIONS; IN-SITU; INTRINSIC POTENTIALS; LAG PERIODS; MICROBIAL CELLS; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; MICROCOSM EXPERIMENTS; MICROCOSMS; MTBE; MTBE CONCENTRATIONS; NATURAL ATTENUATION; ORGANIC METABOLITES; PLUME FRINGES; PLUME MIGRATIONS; SITE MANAGEMENTS; SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATIONS;

AQUIFERS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; CELL GROWTH; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; ETHERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; GROWTH KINETICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MINERALOGY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BIODEGRADATION; CHALK; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MICROCOSM; MTBE; OXIC CONDITIONS; STOICHIOMETRY;

AEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CALCIUM CARBONATE; ENGLAND; FRESH WATER; METHYL ETHERS; OXYGEN; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 58149159723     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2008.09.022     Document Type: Article

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