Reduction of nitrate by Fe2+ in clay minerals

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 599-608

  Ernstsen, Vibeke ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chlorite; Clayey till; Exchangeable ferrous iron; Illite; M ssbauer; Nitrate; Oxidized; Structural ferrous iron; Unoxidized; Vermiculite; Weichselian; X ray

Indexed keywords

CHLORITE; CLAY MINERAL; IRON; NITRATE REDUCTION; VERMICULITE;

DENMARK;

EID: 0030440376     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.1996.0440503     Document Type: Article

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