Recharge processes drive sulfate reduction in an alluvial aquifer contaminated with landfill leachate

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 86, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 239-261

  Scholl, Martha A ^a   Cozzarelli, Isabelle M ^a   Christenson, Scott C ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Ground water recharge; Landfill; Natural attenuation; Nitrate; Riparian environment; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; INFILTRATION; LAND FILL; NITRATES; SULFATE MINERALS;

GROUND-WATER RECHARGE; ISOTOPIC ENRICHMENT; NATURAL ATTENUATION; RIPARIAN ENVIRONMENT;

WATER POLLUTION;

CHLORIDE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; METHANE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFUR; WATER;

BIODEGRADATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; INFILTRATION; LAND FILL; NITRATES; SULFATE MINERALS; WATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BIODEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; NITRATE; RECHARGE; SULFATE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CELL INFILTRATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTAMINATION; ELECTRON; EVAPORATION; LANDFILL LEACHATE; METHANOGENESIS; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SEASON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEASONS; SULFATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 33746215106     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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