Hydrogeophysical imaging of deposit heterogeneity and groundwater chemistry changes during DNAPL source zone bioremediation

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 43-61

  Chambers, J E ^a   Wilkinson, P B ^a   Wealthall, G P ^a   Loke, M H ^b   Dearden, R ^a   Wilson, R ^c   Allen, D ^a   Ogilvy, R D ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOTOMO SOFTWARE   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; DNAPL; Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT)

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; CHLORIDE LEVELS; CHLORINATED SOLVENT; DENSE NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; DNAPL; DNAPL SOURCE ZONES; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON DONORS; FIELD SCALE; GEOCHEMICAL MONITORING; GEOPHYSICAL IMAGING; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; HIGH DENSITY; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDRAULIC TESTING; HYDROGEOPHYSICAL; IN-SITU BIOREMEDIATION; MUDSTONE BEDROCK; PH CONTROL; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; REMEDIATION STRATEGIES; SOURCE ZONE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRICHLOROETHENES;

AQUIFERS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EMULSIFICATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LIQUIDS; MULTIPLE ZONES; POLLUTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

VEGETABLE OILS;

BUFFER; GROUND WATER; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VEGETABLE OIL;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GROUNDWATER; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; TOMOGRAPHY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 78049287167     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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