Modeling the natural attenuation of benzene in groundwater impacted by ethanol-blended fuels: Effect of ethanol content on the lifespan and maximum length of benzene plumes

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Gomez, Diego E ^a   Alvarez, Pedro J J ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATABOLITE REPRESSIONS; CONCENTRATION OF; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATERS; ETHANOL BLENDS; ETHANOL DEGRADATIONS; ETHANOL-BLENDED FUELS; GROUND WATER SEEPAGES; LIFE SPANS; LIGHT NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; METABOLIC FLUXES; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MODELING STUDIES; NATURAL ATTENUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PLUME LENGTHS; REFORMULATED GASOLINES; SITE SPECIFICS; TOTAL MASS;

BENZENE; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ELONGATION; ETHANOL; GASOLINE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; NATURAL GASOLINE; SEEPAGE;

ETHANOL FUELS;

BENZENE; ETHANOL; FLOW VELOCITY; FUEL; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLUME; SEEPAGE;

EID: 65349139550     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007159     Document Type: Article

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