Reactive transport of trace elements and isotopes in the Eutaw coastal plain aquifer, Alabama

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Lee, Ming Kuo ^a   Griffin, James ^a   Saunders, James ^b   Wang, Yang ^b   Jean, Jiin Shuh ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COASTAL AQUIFER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MINERALOGY; PETROGRAPHY; PH; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ALABAMA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34548394165     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JG000238     Document Type: Article

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