Assessing chlorinated ethene degradation in a large scale contaminant plume by dual carbon-chlorine isotope analysis and quantitative PCR

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 119, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 69-79

  Hunkeler, Daniel ^a   Abe, Yumiko ^a   Broholm, Mette M ^b   Jeannottat, Simon ^a   Westergaard, Claus ^c   Jacobsen, Carsten Suhr ^e,f   Aravena, Ramon ^d   Bjerg, Poul L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c ORBICON   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Chlorinated ethenes; Groundwater; qPCR; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC REDUCTION; BIOTIC DEGRADATION; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHLORINATED ETHENES; CONTAMINANT PLUME; DENMARK; DETECTION LEVELS; DICHLOROETHENES; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE RATIO; NOVEL METHODS; PYRITE OXIDATION; QPCR; QUANTITATIVE PCR; QUANTITATIVE REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATE-LIMITING STEPS; REDOX CONDITION; REDUCING CONDITIONS; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION; SANDY AQUIFERS; SENSITIVE COMPOUNDS; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES; STABLE ISOTOPES; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TETRACHLOROETHENE; TRICHLOROETHENES; VERTICAL DIRECTION;

AQUIFERS; BIODEGRADATION; CHLORINE; DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; ETHYLENE; GENES; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; ISOTOPES; MICROBIOLOGY; SULFUR; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

1,2 DICHLOROETHYLENE; CARBON; CARBON 13; CHLORINE; ETHYLENE; FERROUS ION; GROUND WATER; ISOTOPE; NITRATE; OXYGEN; PYRITE; SULFATE; SULFUR; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

AQUIFER; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CHLORINE ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ETHYLENE; FLOW MODELING; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REDOX CONDITIONS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DECHLORINATION; DEHALOCCOCOIDES; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VCRA GENE; WATER FLOW;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHLOROFLEXI; DENMARK; DICHLOROETHYLENES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHYLENES; FRESH WATER; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

DENMARK;

EID: 78650949546     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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