A knowledge-based reactive transport approach for the simulation of biogeochemical dynamics in Earth systems

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2005, Pages

  Aguilera, D R ^a   Jourabchi, P ^a   Spiteri, C ^a   Regnier, P ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Information technology; Knowledge base; Numerical methods; Reactive transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 28344456693     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GC000899     Document Type: Article

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