Delineation of multiple chlorinated ethene sources in an industrialized area - A forensic field study using compound-specific isotope analysis

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2701-2707

  Blessing, Michaela ^a   Schmidt, Torsten C ^a,c   Dinkel, Rainer ^b   Haderlein, Stefan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UW Umweltwirtschaft GmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATED ETHENES; COMPOUND-SPECIFIC ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; CONTAMINANT PLUMES; CONTAMINANT SOURCES; DECISIVE INFORMATIONS; FIELD STUDIES; FRACTURED BEDROCK AQUIFERS; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBONS; ILLUSTRATIVE CASE; INDUSTRIAL AREAS; ISOTOPIC DATUM; KEY FACTORS; PURGE AND TRAPS; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBSURFACE CONTAMINATIONS; TETRACHLOROETHENE; TRACE CONCENTRATIONS; TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS; WIDE AREAS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; ETHYLENE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

CONTAMINATION;

CARBON 13; ETHYLENE; GROUND WATER; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; TETRACHLOROETHANE;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BEDROCK; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; ETHYLENE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROGEOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PLUME; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHLORINATION; INDUSTRIAL AREA; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; PLUME; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHLORINE; ETHYLENES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ISOTOPES;

EID: 65249132240     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es803100p     Document Type: Article

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