Bioremediation of Oil Spills in Cold Environments: A Review

Pedosphere

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 371-381

  YANG, Si Zhong ^a   JIN, Hui Jun ^a   WEI, Zhi ^a   HE, Rui Xia ^a   JI, Yan Jun ^a   LI, Xiu Mei ^b   YU, Shao Peng ^a,c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b LANZHOU INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^c Harbin College   (China)

Author keywords

bioremediation; cold environments; freeze thaw processes; frozen soils; oil spills

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOREMEDIATION; ELECTRON; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; FROZEN GROUND; HYDROCARBON; LITERATURE REVIEW; MASS TRANSFER; OIL SPILL; POLAR REGION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SOIL REMEDIATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

EID: 65549153500     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0160(09)60128-4     Document Type: Article

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