Complementing approaches to demonstrate chlorinated solvent biodegradation in a complex pollution plume: Mass balance, PCR and compound-specific stable isotope analysis

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 126, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 315-329

  Courbet, Christelle ^a,b   Rivière, Agnès ^a,b   Jeannottat, Simon ^c   Rinaldi, Sandro ^a,b   Hunkeler, Daniel ^c   Bendjoudi, Hocine ^a,b   De Marsily, Ghislain ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alluvial formation; Biodegradation; Chlorinated solvents; Compound specific stable isotope analysis; Mass balance; Natural attenuation; pH; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FORMATION; CHLORINATED SOLVENTS; MASS BALANCE; NATURAL ATTENUATION; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS;

ALKALINITY; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHYLENE; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; GENES; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCARBONS; IRRIGATION CANALS; ISOTOPES; MICROBIOLOGY; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PH; REACTION KINETICS; RNA; SOLVENTS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

1,1 DICHLOROETHANE; 1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; 1,1,1,2 TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; 1,1,2 TRICHLOROETHANE; 1,2 DICHLOROETHANE; 1,2 DICHLOROETHYLENE; 1,2 DICHLOROPROPANE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLOROETHANE; CHLOROFORM; DICHLOROETHANE; GROUND WATER; MESSENGER RNA; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PENTACHLOROETHANE; RNA 16S; SURFACE WATER; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINYL CHLORIDE; VINYLIDENE CHLORIDE;

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; AQUIFER; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; ETHYLENE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MASS BALANCE; NATURAL ATTENUATION; OXYGEN; PH; PLUME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOLVENT; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ALKALINITY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPOUND SPECIFIC STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DECHLORINATION; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DILUTION; FRANCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MASS BALANCE; MICROBIAL ATTENUATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMS BY METABOLISM; OXYGEN SUPPLY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER; VOLATILIZATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; HALOGENATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOLVENTS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

DEHALOCOCCOIDES;

EID: 80755184629     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: 18736009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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