Combined isotope and enantiomer analysis to assess the fate of phenoxy acids in a heterogeneous geologic setting at an old landfill

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 637-649

  Milosevic, N ^a   Qiu, S ^b   Elsner, M ^b   Einsiedl, F ^a   Maier, M P ^b   Bensch, H K V ^b   Albrechtsen, H J ^a   Bjerg, P L ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

4 CPP; Chiral; Clay till; CSIA; Degradation mechanism; Dichlorprop

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BIOMOLECULES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; ENANTIOMERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; ISOTOPES; METABOLITES;

2-(4-CHLOROPHENOXY)PROPIONIC ACID; CHIRAL; CHLOROPHENOXY; CLAY TILLS; CSIA; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; DICHLORPROP; GEOLOGIC SETTINGS; HOTSPOTS; PHENOXY ACID;

PROPIONIC ACID;

2 (4 CHLOROPHENOXY)PROPIONIC ACID; CHLORIDE; DICHLORPROP; DRUG METABOLITE; ETHYLENE; GROUND WATER; HERBICIDE; ISOTOPE; PHENOXYALKANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; CHLORIDE; CLAY LINER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HERBICIDE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; METABOLITE; REDOX CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; ENANTIOMER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LANDFILL; LANDFILL LEACHATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER FLOW;

EID: 84871490180     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.10.029     Document Type: Article

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