Acid groundwater in an anoxic aquifer: Reactive transport modelling of buffering processes

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 890-899

  Franken, Gudrun ^a   Postma, Dieke ^b   Duijnisveld, Wilhelmus H M ^a   Böttcher, Jürgen ^c   Molson, John ^d  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC S DEPOSITIONS; AVERAGE VALUES; CONIFEROUS FORESTS; FE-OXIDES; FIELD DATUM; FLOW PATHS; GERMANY; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRIES; GROUNDWATER FLOW MODELS; ORGANIC MATTERS; PH BUFFERING; PH RANGES; PHREEQC; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELLING; REDOX PROCESS; SANDY AQUIFERS; SPECIATION CALCULATIONS; TIME SPANS;

ACID RAIN; ALKALINITY; ALUMINUM; AQUIFERS; DESORPTION; DISSOLUTION; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGERS; IONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PH EFFECTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ACIDIFICATION; ACIDITY; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AQUIFER; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUILIBRIUM; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PH;

ACID PRECIPITATION; ALKALINITY; ALUMINUM; AQUIFERS; DESORPTION; DISSOLVING; FORESTRY; GEOLOGY; GROUND WATER; HYDROLOGY; ION EXCHANGERS; RESERVOIRS;

EID: 64749083617     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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