The Biogeochemistry of Contaminant Groundwater Plumes Arising from Waste Disposal Facilities

Treatise on Geochemistry: Second Edition

Volumn 11, Issue , 2013, Pages 573-605

  Bjerg, P L ^a   Albrechtsen, H J ^a   Kjeldsen, P ^a   Christensen, T H ^a   Cozzarelli, I M ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons; Groundwater pollution; Landfills; Leachate plume; Natural attenuation; Pesticides; Redox processes

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONTAMINATION; DEMOLITION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; LAND FILL; LEACHATE TREATMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PESTICIDES; RIVER POLLUTION; SURFACE WATERS;

AMMONIUM; CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; HYDROGEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; LEACHATE PLUMES; REDOX PROCESS; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES; XENOBIOTIC ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

NATURAL ATTENUATION;

EID: 84903804071     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-095975-7.00916-5     Document Type: Chapter

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