Dynamics and stable isotope composition of gaseous and dissolved oxygen

Ground Water

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 447-460

  Wassenaar, L I ^a,b   Hendry, M J ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FRACTIONATION; HEAT SINKS; ISOTOPES; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

ABIOTIC REACTIONS; GEOMICROBIAL RESPIRATION; OXYHYDROXIDES; SULFIDE OXIDATION;

GROUNDWATER;

FRESH WATER; OXYGEN;

AQUIFER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GAS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; STABLE ISOTOPE; VADOSE ZONE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MICROBIOLOGY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; WATER FLOW;

FRESH WATER; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 34347210702     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2007.00328.x     Document Type: Article

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