Compound class characterisation of a TPH groundwater plume associated with degraded diesel

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 324, 2008, Pages 226-233

  Lang, D A ^a,b   Bastow, T P ^a   Davis, G B ^a   Sparkes, A ^c   Lukatelich, R J ^c   Ariyaratnam, J ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Curtin University of Technology Perth Centre for Applied Organic Geochemistry   (Australia)

^c BP Refinery ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Adamantanol; Aromatics; Characterisation; Contaminated groundwater; Polar compounds; Saturates; Speciation; TPH

Indexed keywords

ADAMANTANOL; AROMATICS; CHARACTERISATION; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; POLAR COMPOUNDS; SATURATES; SPECIATION; TPH;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; DEGRADATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIESEL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 62949121691     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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