Enhanced biodegradation by hydraulic heterogeneities in petroleum hydrocarbon plumes

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 56-68

  Bauer, Robert D ^a   Rolle, Massimo ^b   Bauer, Sebastian ^c   Eberhardt, Christina ^b   Grathwohl, Peter ^b   Kolditz, Olaf ^d   Meckenstock, Rainer U ^a   Griebler, Christian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Contaminant plume; Natural attenuation; Sediment heterogeneity; Toluene oxidation; Transverse dispersion

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINANT PLUME; NATURAL ATTENUATION; SEDIMENT HETEROGENEITY; TOLUENE OXIDATION; TRANSVERSE DISPERSION;

AQUIFERS; BIOCHEMISTRY; DEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; ETHYLBENZENE; FLUID DYNAMICS; FULLERENES; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; TOLUENE;

BIODEGRADATION;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HETEROGENEITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROCOSM; NATURAL ATTENUATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; OXIDATION; PETROLEUM; TOLUENE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; HYDROCARBONS; OXYGEN; PETROLEUM; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 59649117282     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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