Chemical catalysis of nitrate reduction by iron(II)

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1819-1828

  Ottley, C J ^a,c   Davison, W ^a   Edmunds, W M ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; NITRATE; REDUCTION;

EID: 0030817238     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00058-6     Document Type: Article

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