Isotopic evidence and quantification assessment of in situ RDX biodegradation in the deep unsaturated zone

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1253-1262

  Sagi Ben Moshe, S ^a   Ronen, Z ^b   Dahan, O ^b   Bernstein, A ^b   Weisbrod, N ^b   Gelman, F ^c   Adar, E ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Compound specific isotope analysis; Contamination; RDX; Unsaturated zone

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION EXTENT; BIODEGRADATION POTENTIALS; CLAY CONTENT; CLAY LAYERS; COMPOUND-SPECIFIC ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION PATHWAYS; DEGRADATION POTENTIAL; DEGRADATION PROCESS; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; EXPLOSIVE COMPOUNDS; HIGH ORGANIC; IN-SITU; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC ENRICHMENT; NITROSO; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; RDX; RDX BIODEGRADATION; SAMPLING POINTS; SLURRY EXPERIMENT; SOIL PROFILES; UNSATURATED ZONE;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ISOTOPES; MICROBIOLOGY; NITRATION; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SEWAGE LAGOONS; SOILS; WASTEWATER;

BIODEGRADATION;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; EXPLOSIVE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAGOON; ORGANIC MATTER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SLURRY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROFILE; VADOSE ZONE; WASTEWATER;

EID: 77954815503     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.04.011     Document Type: Article

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