Nitrate reduction in streambed sediments: Effects of flow and biogeochemical kinetics

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Gu, Chuanhui ^a,b   Hornberger, George M ^a   Mills, Aaron L ^a   Herman, Janet S ^a   Flewelling, Samuel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Berkeley Water Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOW RATE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NITRATES; PECLET NUMBER; REACTION KINETICS; REDOX REACTIONS; SEDIMENTS; STEADY FLOW;

HYDROLOGICAL FLOW PATH; NITRATE REDUCTION; STREAMBED SEDIMENTS;

STREAM FLOW;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOW RATE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NITRATES; PECLET NUMBER; REACTION KINETICS; REDOX REACTIONS; SEDIMENTS; STEADY FLOW; STREAM FLOW;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CALIBRATION; DENITRIFICATION; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; NITRATE; REACTION KINETICS; REDUCTION; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; STREAM BED; STREAMWATER;

EID: 38549119523     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006027     Document Type: Article

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