In situ mesocosms: Denitrification in the Elk Valley aquifer

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-89

  Korom, Scott F ^a   Schlag, Allen J ^b   Schuh, William M ^c   Schlag, Alison Kammer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

^c North Dakota State Water Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; MINERALS; STAINLESS STEEL;

ELECTRON DONORS; REACTION PATHWAYS; SAMPLING VOLUMES;

DENITRIFICATION;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; DENITRIFICATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MICROCOSM; REMEDIATION;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27744515262     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2005.0003.x     Document Type: Article

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