Spills of Hydraulic Fracturing Chemicals on Agricultural Topsoil: Biodegradation, Sorption, and Co-contaminant Interactions

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 6071-6078

  McLaughlin, Molly C ^a   Borch, Thomas ^a,b   Blotevogel, Jens ^a  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOCIDES; BIODEGRADATION; CROSSLINKING; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISKS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SORPTION;

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; AGRICULTURAL TOPSOILS; AQUEOUS CONCENTRATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; HUMAN HEALTH IMPACTS; WASTEWATER CONSTITUENTS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

GLUTARALDEHYDE; GROUND WATER; MACROGOL; POLYACRYLAMIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WASTE WATER;

ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIODEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FLUID FLOW; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; PESTICIDE; SURFACTANT; TOPSOIL; TOXICITY; TRANSFORMATION; WASTEWATER;

ABSORPTION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CROSS LINKING; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FRACKING; OIL SPILL; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; AGRICULTURE; BIOREMEDIATION; HUMAN;

AGRICULTURE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; HYDRAULIC FRACKING; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84973449889     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b00240     Document Type: Article

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