Aerobic biodegradation of chlorinated ethenes in a fractured bedrock aquifer: Quantitative assessment by compound-specific isotope analysis (CSIA) and reactive transport modeling

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 7458-7464

  Pooley, Kathryn E ^a,d   Blessing, Michaela ^a,e   Schmidt, Torsten C ^a,f   Haderlein, Stefan B ^a   Macquarrie, Kerry T B ^b   Prommer, Henning ^c,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d INTECSEA   (Canada)

^e BRGM   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BIODEGRADATION; CHLORINATED ETHENES; COMPOUND-SPECIFIC ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION PATHWAYS; DICHLOROETHENES; FRACTURED BEDROCK AQUIFER; FRACTURED ROCK; ISOTOPE DATA; ISOTOPE SIGNATURES; ISOTOPIC DATA; ISOTOPIC ENRICHMENT; MODEL-BASED ANALYSIS; NATURAL ATTENUATION; NUMERICAL MODELING; OXIC CONDITIONS; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELING; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES; STABLE ISOTOPES; TETRACHLOROETHENE; TRICHLOROETHENES;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; BIOCHEMISTRY; DEGRADATION; ETHYLENE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MICROBIOLOGY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

BIODEGRADATION;

1,2 DICHLOROETHYLENE; CARBON; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE; GROUND WATER; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

BEDROCK; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FRACTURED MEDIUM; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NATURAL ATTENUATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIC CONDITIONS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SIMULATION; SOLUTE; WATER FLOW;

AEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ETHYLENES; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MODELS, CHEMICAL; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 70349611316     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es900658n     Document Type: Article

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