Hydrogeologic constraint on the origin of deep subsurface microorganisms within a Triassic basin

Water Resources Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 937-948

  Tseng, Hsin Yi ^a,c   Person, Mark ^b   Onstott, T C ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BASIN STUDY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MICROBIAL TRANSPORT; MODELLING; SUBSURFACE MICROORGANISM; TECTONICS; THERMAL HISTORY; TRIASSIC;

BACTERIA; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; TECTONICS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

GROUNDWATER FLOW SYSTEMS; HEAT TRANSPORT MODEL; MICROBIAL TRANSPORT; PERMEABILITY AND POROSITIES; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; TECTONIC UPLIFT; THERMOPHILIC ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; TWO-DIMENSIONAL TRANSIENT;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031961249     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98WR00311     Document Type: Article

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