Occurrence and turnover of nitric oxide in a nitrogen-impacted sand and gravel aquifer

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 8245-8251

  Smith, Richard L ^a   Yoshinari, Tadashi ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDATION; OXIDES; OXYGEN; RATE CONSTANTS; MINING LAWS AND REGULATIONS;

CONTAMINANT PLUMES; CONTAMINATED AQUIFERS; FIRST ORDERS; GRAVEL AQUIFERS; IN SITU TESTS; IN-SITU; INITIAL STAGES; INJECTION TESTS; LOW DISSOLVED OXYGENS; NITROUS OXIDES; NO CONCENTRATIONS; PRIMARY REACTIONS; TRACER TESTS; TURNOVER TIMES;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; TRACER;

AQUIFER; AQUIFER POLLUTION; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATION; PLUME; REACTION RATE; REDUCTION; TRACER; TURNOVER;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION KINETICS; PLUME; SAND; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; NITROGEN; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER SUPPLY;

CAPE COD; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CONTAMINANT PLUME; FIRST-ORDER RATE CONSTANTS; GRAVEL AQUIFERS; IN-SITU; IN-SITU CONCENTRATIONS; IN-SITU TEST; INITIAL STAGES; INJECTION TEST; LOW DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MASSACHUSETTS; NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE; NO CONCENTRATION; PRIMARY REACTION; TRACER TESTS; TURNOVER TIME;

EID: 56449131247     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es801290v     Document Type: Article

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