Distinguishing iron-reducing from sulfate-reducing conditions

Ground Water

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 300-305

  Chapelle, Francis H ^a   Bradley, Paul M ^a   Thomas, Mary Ann ^a   McMahon, Peter B ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED HYDROGENS; DISSOLVED IRONS; FERROUS SULFIDES; GROUND WATER SYSTEMS; HYPERBOLIC FUNCTIONS; HYPERBOLIC RELATIONS; INFORMATION CONCERNING; MASS RATIOS; OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTIONS; ORGANIC SUBSTRATES; REDOX INDICATORS; S RATIOS; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; SOUTH CAROLINA; SULFATE REDUCTIONS; SULFATE-REDUCING; SULFATE-REDUCING CONDITIONS;

AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEN; REACTION KINETICS; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS; WATERWORKS;

IRON;

IRON; SULFATE;

AQUIFER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER; IRON; KINETICS; REDUCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; WATER FLOW;

IRON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFATES; WATER MOVEMENTS;

HANAHAN; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60949090059     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2008.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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