Redox zonation at the saline-influenced boundaries of a permeable surficial aquifer: Effects of physical forcing on the biogeochemical cycling of iron and manganese

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 296, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 164-178

  Snyder, M ^a   Taillefert, M ^a   Ruppel, C ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Iron; Manganese; Redox; Salinity transition; Sulfide

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; ION EXCHANGE; IRON; MANGANESE; OXIDATION; POTABLE WATER; REDOX REACTIONS; SALINE WATER;

ANAEROBIC RESPIRATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IRON; MANGANESE; REDOX CONDITIONS; SALINITY;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAPELO ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3242696039     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.03.019     Document Type: Article

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