Examining bacterial transport in intact cores from Oyster, Virginia: Effect of sedimentary facies type on bacterial breakthrough and retention

Water Resources Research

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2417-2431

  Fuller, Mark E ^a   Dong, Hailiang ^b   Mailloux, Brian J ^b   Onstott, T C ^b   DeFlaun, Mary F ^a  

^a The Shaw Group Inc   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM TRANSPORT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GRAIN; METAL HYDROXIDE; SEDIMENT; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

BACTERIUM; CORE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

OYSTER; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0033850032     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000WR900075     Document Type: Article

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