Microbial activity and chemical weathering in the Middendorf aquifer, South Carolina

Chemical Geology

Volumn 258, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 232-241

  Park, Jungho ^a   Sanford, Robert A ^a   Bethke, Craig M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquifer geochemistry; Groundwater microbiology; Iron reducing bacteria; Mineral alteration; Sulfate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CRETACEOUS; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW MODELING; ION EXCHANGE; IRON-REDUCING BACTERIUM; KINETICS; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; WATER QUALITY;

MIDDENDORF AQUIFER; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149232322     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.10.011     Document Type: Article

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