Isotopic Monitoring of Environmental Bioremediation

Picture: Ionisation chamber (thermoionic vacuum tube) dismantled from an isotope ratio mass spectrometer.

We provide isotopic monitoring strategies to:

• characterize natural attenuation in contaminated groundwater systems
• determine rates of in situ bioremediation
• identify contaminant sources
• perform forensic investigations of environmental hazards
• assist in groundwater exploration

We have the ability to determine:

• isotopic fingerprints of chemicals compounds
• isotope enrichment during biological degradation
• biodegradation rates by using isotopically-labeled in situ microcosms (BACTRAPs)
• groundwater hydrology using naturally-occuring isotopes as tracers (deuterium, 18O, 14C, tritium, noble gases)