Redox zoning, rates of sulfate reduction and interactions with Fe-reduction and methanogenesis in a shallow sandy aquifer, Romo, Denmark

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 137-151

  Jakobsen, Rasmus ^a,b   Postma, Dieke ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; DENMARK; HYDROGEN; IRON OXIDE; METHANOGENESIS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PYRITE; REDUCTION; SULFATE;

AQUIFER; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOGENIC BACTERIA; ORGANIC MATTER; REDOX CONDITIONS;

DENMARK;

EID: 0032808968     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00272-5     Document Type: Article

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