Demonstrating a natural origin of chloroform in groundwater using stable carbon isotopes

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 6096-6101

  Hunkeler, Daniel ^a   Laier, Troels ^b   Breider, Florian ^a   Jacobsen, Ole Stig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINANTS; COMPOUND-SPECIFIC ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; DATA SUPPORT; DENMARK; FOREST SOILS; FORESTED AREA; ISOTOPE SIGNATURES; SOIL GAS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES; UNSATURATED ZONE; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IMPURITIES; ISOTOPES; SOILS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

CARBON; CARBON 13; CHLOROFORM; GROUND WATER; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHLOROFORM; FOREST SOIL; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL POLLUTION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; FOREST SOIL; GAS; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

CARBON ISOTOPES; CHLOROFORM; DENMARK; GEOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER; INDUSTRY; ISOTOPE LABELING; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AQUIFERS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FORESTRY; GROUND WATER; IMPURITIES; ISOTOPES; POLLUTION; SOIL;

DENMARK;

EID: 84861907933     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es204585d     Document Type: Article

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