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The Gasoline Oxygenate Bibliography: keyword search

Oxygenates

• ETBE (ethyl tert-butyl ether)
• DIPE (diisopropyl ether)
• DME (dimethyl ether)
• MTBE (methyl tert-butyl ether)
• TAEE (tert-amyl ethyl ether)
• TAME (tert-amyl methyl ether)
• EtOH (ethanol)
• MeOH (methanol)
• TAA (tert-amyl alcohol)
• TBA (tert-butyl alcohol)

Transformation Processes

• abiotic transformation
  • dechlorination
  • degradation
  • dehydrogenation
  • hydrolysis
  • hydrogenolysis
  • oxidation/reduction
  • photolysis
• biotic transformation
  • biodegradation
  • biochemical oxidation/reduction
  • biological hydrogenolysis
  • biotransformation
  • exudation
  • metabolic transformation
  • mineralization
  • phytoremediation

Transfer Processes

• absorption
• adsorption
• aggradation
• aggregation
• air-water/transfer exchange
• bioaccumulation/bioconcentration factor
• desorption
• sorption
  • sorption of partitioning to organic materials
  • sorption to aquifer material
  • sorption to resins
  • sorption to sediments
  • sorption to snow and ice
• uptake biota
• volatization

Transport Processes

• advection
• atmospheric
• convection
• deposition
• dispersion (or mixing)
  • lateral dispersion
  • longitudinal dispersion
  • vertical dispersion
• diffusion
• infiltration
• leaching
• precipitation scavenging
• runoff
• saturated flow

Environmental Occurrences

• water
  • ground water
  • surface water
  • drinking water
  • waste water
• ambient air
• precipitation
• soil
• vadose zone
• food
• plant tissues/root
• human tissue and fluids

Miscellaneous

• action and cleanup levels
• analytical methods
• drinking water standards
• gasoline
• health advisories
• human health
• laboratory experimentation
• modeling
• natural attenuation
• physical/chemical properties
• production
• remediation/cleanup technologies
• sampling and field handling methods
• sources
  • anthropogenic sources
  • natural source
  • non-point source
  • point source
• taste and odor properties
• THM (trihalomethane)
• disinfection byproducts
• toxicity to aquatic organisms