Transformation of chloride to organic chlorine in terrestrial environments: Variability, extent, and implications

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 2526-2545

  Öberg, Gunilla ^a   Bastviken, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

biogeochemistry; chloride; chlorine cycle; organic chlorine; transformation rates

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT MODELS; CHLORIDE; HIGH RATE; IMPACT RISK; LOW MOBILITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ORGANIC CHLORINE; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; SOIL LEACHATE; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; TRANSFORMATION RATES;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; LAKES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS; SORPTION; VEGETATION;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

CHLORIDE; CHLORINE; CHLORINE 36; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CHLORIDE; CHLORINE; MINERALIZATION; MOBILITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LEACHING; LEAF LITTER; MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASON; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETATION;

EID: 84869452646     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2011.592753     Document Type: Review

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