Centimeter-scale characterization of biogeochemical gradients at a wetland-aquifer interface using capillary electrophoresis

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2664-2683

  Báez Cazull, Susan ^a   McGuire, Jennifer T ^a   Cozzarelli, Isabelle M ^b   Raymond, Anne ^a   Welsh, Lisa ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SURFACE WATERS; WETLANDS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SEDIMENTARY BOUNDARIES;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; ELECTROKINESIS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEACHATE; ORGANIC ACID; ORGANIC CARBON; WETLAND;

NORMAN; NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36148959641     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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