Field evidence for geophysical detection of subsurface zones of enhanced microbial activity

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 1-5

  Atekwana, Eliot A ^a   Atekwana, Estella ^a   Legall, Franklyn D ^b   Krishnamurthy, R V ^b  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

0915 Exploration Geophysics: Downhole methods; 0925 Exploration Geophysics: Magnetic and electrical methods; 1831 Hydrology: Groundwater quality; 5109 Physical Properties of Rocks: Magnetic and electrical properties

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBON; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROCARBONS; MICROORGANISMS; NITRATES;

BULK CONDUCTIVITY; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON (DIC); MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; TERMINAL ELECTRON ACCEPTORS;

GEOPHYSICS;

BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 16644377346     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021576     Document Type: Article

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