Transport and cycling of iron and hydrogen peroxide in a freshwater stream: Influence of organic acids

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Scott, Durelle T ^a,b   Runkel, Robert L ^c   McKnight, Diane M ^a   Voelker, Bettina M ^d   Kimball, Briant A ^b   Carraway, Elizabeth R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Iron; Mountain stream; Organic acid; Photolysis; Photoreduction; Reactive transport

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXIDATION; PHOTOLYSIS; REDUCTION;

FORMATION RATES; PHOTOREDUCTION;

WATER RESOURCES;

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; MOUNTAIN STREAM; ORGANIC ACID; PHOTOLYSIS; REACTIVE TRANSPORT;

EID: 1542638071     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002WR001768     Document Type: Article

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