Coupled Fe(II)-Fe(III) electron and atom exchange as a mechanism for Fe isotope fractionation during dissimilatory iron oxide reduction

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 6698-6704

  Crosby, Heidi A ^a   Johnson, Clark M ^a   Roden, Eric E ^a   Beard, Brian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; ISOTOPES; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; SORPTION; SUBSTRATES;

AQUEOUS IRON; ELECTRON AND ATOM EXCHANGE; IRON SUBSTRATES; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION;

IRON;

FERRIC HYDROXIDE; FERRIC OXIDE; IRON OXIDE;

IRON; IRON-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ANOXIA; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FRACTIONATION; GEOBACTER; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRECIPITATION; SEDIMENT; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ADSORPTION; ANAEROBIOSIS; ELECTRONS; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IRON ISOTOPES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS;

EID: 24644488194     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0505346     Document Type: Article

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