Quantification of biodegradation for o-xylene and naphthalene using first order decay models, Michaelis-Menten kinetics and stable carbon isotopes

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 105, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 118-130

  Blum, Philipp ^a   Hunkeler, Daniel ^b   Weede, Matthias ^c   Beyer, Christof ^a,d   Grathwohl, Peter ^a   Morasch, Barbara ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c URS Deutschland GmbH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

BTEX; Compound specific isotope analysis (CSIA); Contaminant Plume; Natural attenuation; Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH); Rate constants; Redox zones

Indexed keywords

BTEX; COMPOUND-SPECIFIC ISOTOPE ANALYSIS (CSIA); CONTAMINANT PLUME; NATURAL ATTENUATION; POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAH); REDOX ZONES;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; COAL TAR; DEGRADATION; FARM BUILDINGS; ISOTOPES; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MICROBIOLOGY; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WOOD PRESERVATION; XYLENE;

RATE CONSTANTS;

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; DECOMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; KINETICS; NAPHTHALENE; PAH; PRESERVATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REDOX CONDITIONS; XYLENE;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON ISOTOPES; FRESH WATER; GERMANY; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NAPHTHALENES; XYLENES;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ATTENUATION; BINS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; COAL; HYDROCARBONS; ISOTOPES; NAPHTHALENES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REDOX POTENTIAL; TAR; XYLENES;

EID: 61849157760     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2008.11.009     Document Type: Article

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