Geophysical monitoring of coupled microbial and geochemical processes during stimulated subsurface bioremediation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 6717-6723

  Williams, Kenneth H ^a   Kemna, Andreas ^b   Wilkins, Michael J ^c   Druhan, Jennifer ^d   Arntzen, Evan ^e   N'Guessan, A Lucie ^e   Long, Philip E ^e   Hubbard, Susan S ^a   Banfield, Jillian F ^c,d  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS PHASE; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; DISSOLVED SULFIDE; ELECTRICAL CHARGES; ELECTROACTIVE; FES NANOPARTICLE; GEOCHEMICAL CHANGES; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; GEOPHYSICAL MONITORING; GEOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; INDUCED POLARIZATION; MEASUREMENT FREQUENCY; METABOLIC PROCESS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MINERAL PRECIPITATE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; MULTI FREQUENCY; PHASE RESPONSE; PORE FLUIDS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; SPECTRAL EFFECTS; SULFATE REDUCTION;

AQUIFERS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL MEMBRANES; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FORESTRY; GEOPHYSICS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; GUNS (ARMAMENT); HYDROGEOLOGY; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MINERALS; MINING; MONITORING; POLLUTION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFIDE MINERALS;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

ACETIC ACID; FERROUS ION; FERROUS SULFIDE; GROUND WATER; IRON; NANOPARTICLE; SULFATE; SULFIDE;

AQUIFER; BIOREMEDIATION; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IRON SULFIDE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SULFATE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; POLARIZATION; PRECIPITATION; REDUCTION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; COLORADO; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GEOLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOPARTICLES; SULFIDES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 69549117264     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es900855j     Document Type: Article

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