Evaluation of a laboratory-scale bioreactive in situ sediment cap for the treatment of organic contaminants

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 5365-5374

  Himmelheber, David W ^a   Pennell, Kurt D ^b   Hughes, Joseph B ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; In situ capping; Microbial processes; Sediment remediation

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; DECHLORINATION; EFFLUENTS; ETHYLENE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MICROORGANISMS; WATER TREATMENT;

CHLORINATED ETHENES; CIS-1 ,2-DICHLOROETHENE; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINANTS; MICROBIAL PROCESS; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; SEDIMENT POREWATER; SEDIMENT REMEDIATION;

SEDIMENTS;

1,2 DICHLOROETHYLENE; ETHYLENE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

BIOREMEDIATION; DECHLORINATION; EFFLUENT; ELECTRON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INOCULATION; LABORATORY METHOD; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POREWATER; RESIDENCE TIME; SAND; SEDIMENT CAPPING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DECHLORINATION; EFFLUENT; EVALUATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 80053130266     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.06.022     Document Type: Article

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