Stable isotope fractionation of selenium by natural microbial consortia

Chemical Geology

Volumn 195, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 119-129

  Ellis, Andre S ^a   Johnson, Thomas M ^a   Herbel, Mitchell J ^b   Bullen, Thomas D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Selenium; Stable isotopes; Water contamination

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; REDOX POTENTIAL; SELENIUM; WATER POLLUTION; WETLAND;

EID: 0037446411     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(02)00391-1     Document Type: Article

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