Biogeochemical processes in a clay formation in situ experiment: Part C - Organic contamination and leaching data

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 967-979

  De Canniere P ^a,g   Schwarzbauer, J ^b   Hohener P ^c   Lorenz, G ^d   Salah, S ^a   Leupin, O X ^e   Wersin, P ^e,f  

^a Environment Health and Safety Institute   (Belgium)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d HYDROISOTOP GMBH   (Germany)

^e NAGRA   (Switzerland)

^f Gruner AG   (Switzerland)

^g FANC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS RESULTS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; CLAY FORMATION; DATA INTERPRETATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC C; FLOW-THROUGH CELLS; GEOCHEMICAL CALCULATIONS; IN-SITU EXPERIMENTS; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; LEACHING TEST; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL PROCESS; OPALINUS CLAY; ORGANIC CONTAMINATION; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYMER FILLING; PORE-WATER CHEMISTRY; REFERENCE ELECTRODES; SOAKING TEST; WATER CIRCULATION;

ACETONE; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BENZENE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRODES; EXPERIMENTS; FUELING; GLYCEROL; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLASTICIZERS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMERS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THERMOPLASTICS;

LEACHING;

ACETONE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BOREHOLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CLAY MINERAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ELECTRODE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUEL; GEL; GEOACCUMULATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LABORATORY METHOD; LEACHING; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PH; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLYMER;

EID: 79955858245     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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