Integrative approach to delineate natural attenuation of chlorinated benzenes in anoxic aquifers

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1800-1806

  Stelzer, Nicole ^a   Imfeld, Gwenaël ^a   Thullner, Martin ^a   Lehmann, Jürgen ^b   Poser, Alexander ^a   Richnow, Hans H ^a   Nijenhuis, Ivonne ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b Ingenieurbüro Roth and Partner GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobic degradation; Compound specific isotope analysis (CSIA); Dichlorobenzene (DCB); Monochlorobenzene (MCB); Natural attenuation (NA)

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION; COMPOUND-SPECIFIC ISOTOPE ANALYSIS (CSIA); DICHLOROBENZENE (DCB); MONOCHLOROBENZENE (MCB); NATURAL ATTENUATION (NA);

AQUIFERS; BENZENE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MICROBIOLOGY; MINERALOGY;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

CARBON 13; CHLOROBENZENE; ISOTOPE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AQUIFER; BENZENE; CHLOROBENZENE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHALOGENATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MICROCOSM; MINERALIZATION; PLUME;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHLOROBENZENES; ECOLOGY; GERMANY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 64449084922     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.01.029     Document Type: Article

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