Degradation of carbon disulphide (CS2) in soils and groundwater from a CS2-contaminated site

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1935-1944

  Cox, Siobhan F ^a   McKinley, John D ^a   Ferguson, Andrew S ^a,c   O'Sullivan, Gwen ^a   Kalin, Robert M ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Carbon disulfide; Carbon disulphide; Microcosms; Natural attenuation; Stable carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DISULFIDE; DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; NATURAL ATTENUATION; RATE CONSTANTS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; BIOLOGICAL DEGRADATION; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; FIRST-ORDER DEGRADATION RATES; INTERMEDIATE DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; MICROCOSMS; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CESIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENRICHMENT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MICROCOSM; NATURAL ATTENUATION; ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUND; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); STABLE ISOTOPE;

EID: 84874943192     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1881-y     Document Type: Article

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