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    Direct experimental evidence of non-first order degradation kinetics and sorption-induced isotopic fractionation in a mesoscale aquifer: 13C/12C analysis of a transient toluene pulse.
        
        Environ. Sci. Technol. 47, 6892-6899 (2013)
    
    
    
				The injection of a mixed toluene and D2O (conservative tracer) pulse into a pristine mesoscale aquifer enabled a first direct experimental comparison of contaminant-specific isotopic fractionation from sorption versus biodegradation and transverse dispersion on a relevant scale. Water samples were taken from two vertically resolved sampling ports at 4.2 m distance. Analysis of deuterium and toluene concentrations allowed quantifying the extent of sorption (R = 1.25) and biodegradation (37% and 44% of initial toluene at the two sampling ports). Sorption and biodegradation were found to directly affect toluene (13)C/(12)C breakthrough curves. In particular, isotope trends demonstrated that biodegradation underwent Michaelis-Menten kinetics rather than first-order kinetics. Carbon isotope enrichment factors obtained from an optimized reactive transport model (Eckert et al., this issue) including a possible isotope fractionation of transverse dispersion were ε(equ)sorption = -0.31 ‰, ε(kin)transverse-dispersion = -0.82 ‰, and ε(kin)biodegradation = -2.15 ‰. Extrapolation of our results to the scenario of a continuous injection predicted that (i) the bias in isotope fractionation from sorption, but not transverse dispersion, may be avoided when the plume reaches steady-state; and (ii) the relevance from both processes is expected to decrease at longer flow distances when isotope fractionation of degradation increasingly dominates.
			
			
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        Publikationstyp
        Artikel: Journalartikel
    
 
    
        Dokumenttyp
        Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
    
 
     
    
    
        Schlagwörter
        Aromatic-hydrocarbons ; Intrinsic Bioremediation ; Organic Contaminants ; Batch Experiments ; Aerobic Aquifer ; Stable Carbon ; In-situ ; Biodegradation ; Variability ; Pollutants
    
 
     
    
    
        Sprache
        englisch
    
 
    
        Veröffentlichungsjahr
        2013
    
 
     
    
        HGF-Berichtsjahr
        2013
    
 
    
    
        ISSN (print) / ISBN
        0013-936X
    
 
    
        e-ISSN
        1520-5851
    
 
     
     
     
	     
	 
	 
    
        Zeitschrift
        Environmental Science & Technology
    
 
		
    
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	    Band: 47,  
	    Heft: 13,  
	    Seiten: 6892-6899 
	    
	    
	
    
 
  
         
        
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            ACS
        
 
        
            Verlagsort
            Washington, DC
        
 
	
         
         
         
         
         
	
         
         
         
    
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
    
        Begutachtungsstatus
        Peer reviewed
    
 
    
        Institut(e)
        Institute of Groundwater Ecology (IGOE)
    
 
    
        POF Topic(s)
        20403 - Sustainable Water Management
    
 
    
        Forschungsfeld(er)
        Environmental Sciences
    
 
    
        PSP-Element(e)
        G-504390-001
G-504300-001
G-504300-002
G-504300-004
G-504300-006
 
     
     	
    G-504300-001
G-504300-002
G-504300-004
G-504300-006
        PubMed ID
        23663199
    
    
    
        WOS ID
        WOS:000321521400023
    
    
        Scopus ID
        84880101149
    
    
        Erfassungsdatum
        2013-07-04