Photoreduction fuels biogeochemical cycling of iron in Spain's acid rivers

Chemical Geology

Volumn 252, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 202-213

  Gammons, Christopher H ^a   Nimick, David A ^b   Parker, Stephen R ^a   Snyder, Dean M ^a   McCleskey, R Blaine ^b   Amils, Ricardo ^c,d   Poulson, Simon R ^e  

^a MONTANA TECH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Geochemistry; Iron; Microbiology; Photoreduction; Tinto

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIEL VARIATION; IRON; IRON-REDUCING BACTERIUM; LIGHT EFFECT; REDUCTION; RIVER WATER; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER QUALITY;

AGRIO RIVER; ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUELVA [ANDALUCIA]; ODIEL RIVER; RIO TINTO [(RVR) HUELVA]; SEVILLA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERROOXIDANS;

EID: 46149110497     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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