Acceleration of selenate reduction by alternative drying and wetting of soils

Chinese Journal of Geochemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 278-284

  Piao, Hechun ^a   Liu, Guangshen ^a   Yuan, Zhiyun ^a   Hong, Yetang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Alternative drying wetting; Nitrate denitrification; Selenate reduction

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; NITRATE; REDOX; SELENATE; SOIL; WETTING/DRYING CYCLE;

EID: 0030434703     PISSN: 10009426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02842253     Document Type: Article

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