Influence of upwelling saline groundwater on iron and manganese cycling in the Rio Grande floodplain aquifer

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 426-437

  Kirk, Matthew F ^a   Crossey, Laura J ^a   Takacs Vesbach, Cristina ^a   Newell, Dennis L ^a   Bowman, Robert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); BIOMASS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; MANGANESE; METALS; OXIDATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SALINE WATER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER WELLS;

ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; ELECTRON DONORS; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOODPLAIN SEDIMENTS; GEOCHEMICAL MODELING; GROUND WATER DISCHARGES; METAL OXIDATIONS; METAL OXIDES; METAL REDUCTIONS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; MICROBIAL PROCESS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS; RIO GRANDE; RIVER WATERS; SALINE GROUND WATERS; SATURATED ZONES; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; UPWELLING WATERS; WATER SOURCES; WATER TABLES;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; DISCHARGE; FLOODPLAIN; GROUNDWATER FLOW; IRON; MANGANESE; OXIDATION; SALINITY; UPWELLING; WATER QUALITY;

NORTH AMERICA; RIO GRANDE [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 60349127814     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.12.022     Document Type: Article

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