Evidence for denitrification regulated by pyrite oxidation in a heterogeneous porous groundwater system

Chemical Geology

Volumn 255, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 60-67

  Schwientek, Marc ^a   Einsiedl, Florian ^a   Stichler, Willibald ^a   Stögbauer, Andrea ^b   Strauss, Harald ^b   Maloszewski, Piotr ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Depth profiles; Groundwater; Pyrite oxidation; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITRATE; OXIDATION; PYRITE; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 50449101920     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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