In Situ Biotreatment of TBA with Recirculation/Oxygenation

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 52-62

  North, Katharine P ^a,b   Mackay, Douglas M ^b   Kayne, Julian S ^c   Petersen, Daniel ^b   Rasa, Ehsan ^d   Rastegarzadeh, Laleh ^d   Holland, Reef B ^b   Scow, Kate M ^b  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Brelje and Race   (United States)

^d University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CONDITION; BIOTREATMENTS; DETECTION LIMITS; FIELD STUDIES; GEOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; GROUNDWATER PLUMES; IN-SITU; POPULATION DENSITIES; RECIRCULATIONS; STUDY SITES; TERT-BUTYL ALCOHOLS; VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE;

ALCOHOLS; AQUIFERS; BIODEGRADATION; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS; WATER TREATMENT;

OXYGEN;

ALCOHOL; AQUIFER POLLUTION; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BROMIDE; CARBON; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXYGENATION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION DENSITY; WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHYLIBIUM PETROLEIPHILUM;

EID: 84861720441     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: 17456592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2011.01390.x     Document Type: Article

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