Sulfate reduction and sulfide oxidation in anoxic confined aquifers in the northeastern Osaka Basin, Japan

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 335, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 55-67

  Yamanaka, Masaru ^a   Nakano, Takanori ^b   Tase, Norio ^c  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Confined groundwater; Rayleigh distillation model; Redox reactions; Sulfur isotopic composition

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REDOX REACTIONS;

CONFINED GROUNDWATER; RAYLEIGH DISTILLATION MODEL; SULFUR ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION;

DISTILLATION;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISTILLATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REDOX REACTIONS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CONFINED AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; SULFATE; SULFIDE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; OSAKA BASIN; OSAKA BAY;

EID: 33847264376     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.10.033     Document Type: Article

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