Biogeochemistry at a wetland sediment-alluvial aquifer interface in a landfill leachate plume

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 105, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 99-117

  Lorah, Michelle M ^a   Cozzarelli, Isabelle M ^a   Bohlke J K ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Groundwater contamination; Isotopes; Landfill leachate; Riparian environment; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; AMMONIUM; AMMONIUM ATTENUATIONS; AMMONIUM CONCENTRATIONS; ATTENUATION PROCESS; CATION EXCHANGES; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATERS; DRY AND WET CONDITIONS; DRY CONDITIONS; ENHANCED ATTENUATIONS; FERROUS IRONS; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; HIGH CONCENTRATIONS; HIGH WATER TABLES; IRREVERSIBLE SORPTIONS; LANDFILL LEACHATE; LATERAL TRANSPORTS; LEACHATE; LEACHATE PLUMES; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; LOW WATERS; MAGNESIUM CONCENTRATIONS; MASS BALANCES; NATURAL ATTENUATIONS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NON-VOLATILE DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBONS; PORE WATERS; POTASSIUM CONCENTRATIONS; REDOX CONDITIONS; RIPARIAN ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT POREWATER; SORPTION MECHANISMS; TERMINAL ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; TRANSFORMATION REACTIONS; UPWARD DISCHARGES; WATER INTERACTIONS; WET CONDITIONS; WETLAND SEDIMENTS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; AQUIFERS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; DISSOLUTION; FIRE HAZARDS; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON; ISOTOPES; LEACHATE TREATMENT; LEACHING; MAGNESIUM; ORGANIC CARBON; POSITIVE IONS; REDOX REACTIONS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SORPTION; STREAM FLOW; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WETLANDS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AMMONIUM; AQUIFER POLLUTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; LEACHATE; MASS BALANCE; NATURAL ATTENUATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POREWATER; RIPARIAN ZONE; WATER TABLE; WETLAND;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OKLAHOMA; TIME FACTORS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

EID: 61649099031     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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