Modelling of an enhanced PAH attenuation experiment and associated biogeochemical changes at a former gasworks site in southern Germany

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 119, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 99-112

  Herold, Maria ^a   Greskowiak, Janek ^b,c   Ptak, Thomas ^a   Prommer, Henning ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Groundwater contamination; Heterocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; PAH; Reactive transport modelling; Remediation

Indexed keywords

ACENAPHTHENE; CONTAMINANT DEGRADATION; CONTAMINANT PLUME; CONTAMINANT SOURCES; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; DRINKING WATER WELLS; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; HETEROCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MANUFACTURED GAS PLANTS; MODEL PREDICTION; NUMERICAL MODELS; PAH; PROCESS UNDERSTANDING; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELLING; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELS; RECIRCULATIONS; REDUCTANTS; RELATED COMPOUNDS; SOUTHERN GERMANY; TOXIC SUBSTANCES;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CONTAMINATION; EXPERIMENTS; GAS PLANTS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; POTABLE WATER; REDOX REACTIONS; REMEDIATION; SURFACE WATERS; WATER WELLS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ACENAPHTHYLENE; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; DIMETHYLBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; GROUND WATER; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METHYLBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; MINERAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MANUFACTURING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PAH; PLUME; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; WATER QUALITY; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; DISSOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; GERMANY; INDUSTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PLUME; PRECIPITATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FRESH WATER; GERMANY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

GERMANY;

EID: 78650962793     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2010.09.012     Document Type: Article

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