In situ bioremediation of perchlorate in vadose zone soil using gaseous electron donors: Microcosm treatability study

Water Environment Research

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 409-417

  Cai, Hua ^a   Eramo, Alessia G ^b   Evans, Patrick J ^a   Fricke, Rodney ^c   Brennan, Rachel A ^b  

^a CDM SMITH   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c AEROJET ROCKETDYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Gaseous electron donor injection technology; Perchlorate; Soil; Soil moisture content; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ELECTRONS; GROUNDWATER; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; RATE CONSTANTS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS;

FIRST-ORDER RATE CONSTANTS; IN-SITU BIOREMEDIATION; INJECTION TECHNOLOGY; MICROCOSM EXPERIMENTS; PERCHLORATE; PERCHLORATE DEGRADATIONS; VADOSE ZONE; VADOSE ZONE SOILS;

INORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

1 HEXENE; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; HYDROGEN; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; PERCHLORATE; PERCHLORIC ACID; WATER;

BIOREMEDIATION; ELECTRON; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; MICROCOSM; MOISTURE CONTENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL POLLUTION; VADOSE ZONE;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; MICROCOSM; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MOISTURE; CHEMISTRY; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; PERCHLORIC ACID; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER;

EID: 77953157980     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143009X12487095237198     Document Type: Article

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