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Within the framework of a current research program, the fate of BTEX has been investigated in a Quaternary porous aquifer below a former gas plant in south-west Germany. The investigation site is located in the Neckar valley and occupies an area of about 600 m by 400 m (Figure 16.1). Industrial activities in this area started in the year 1875 with the production of gas and other coal-derived oils and tars by hard coal carbonisation. After 1956 gas production was carried out on the basis of heavy oil; starting in 1964, light mineral oil products were used. There was a change from city gas production to the distribution of natural gas between 1969 and 1974.
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Weber, K. et al. (2000). Redox Zones in the Plume of a Previously Operating Gas Plant. In: Schüring, J., Schulz, H.D., Fischer, W.R., Böttcher, J., Duijnisveld, W.H.M. (eds) Redox. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04080-5_16
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