Hydrogeochemical and biological processes affecting the long-term performance of an iron-based permeable reactive barrier

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 897-908

  Zolla, Valerio ^a   Freyria, Francesca Stefania ^a   Sethi, Rajandrea ^a   Di Molfetta, Antonio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; CHLORINATED SOLVENT; COLUMN TEST; CORE SAMPLING; DICHLOROETHENE; DURING CONSTRUCTION; FIELD MONITORING; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GAS GENERATION; GROUNDWATER SAMPLING; GUAR GUMS; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; IN-SITU; IRON PASSIVATION; IRON-BASED; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; ORGANIC FRACTIONS; ORGANIC SUBSTRATE; PERMEABILITY TEST; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS; SEM-EDS; SLUG TEST; TARGET VALUES; TRICHLOROETHENE; WIDE DIFFUSION; XRD; XRD ANALYSIS; ZERO-VALENT IRON;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMOLECULES; DISSOLUTION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PASSIVATION; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER LEVELS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

IRON ANALYSIS;

1,2 DICHLOROETHYLENE; BIOPOLYMER; DEUTERIUM; GROUND WATER; GUAR GUM; INORGANIC COMPOUND; IRON; METHANE; SULFATE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; EVALUATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ITALY; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PLUME; PRECIPITATION; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SAMPLING; ZERO VALENT IRON PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIER;

CORROSION; DICHLOROETHYLENES; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; IRON; ITALY; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA;

EID: 66649087212     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2007.0622     Document Type: Article

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