Lithological controls on biological activity and groundwater chemistry in Quaternary sediments

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 726-735

  Bartlett, Rebecca ^a,b   Bottrell, Simon H ^a   Sinclair, Karen ^d   Thornton, Steve ^c   Fielding, Ian D ^e   Hatfield, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d BWB Consulting Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^e SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial sulfate reduction; Biological activity; Grain size; Groundwater; Size exclusion; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL SULFATE REDUCTION; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES; CHEMICAL EVOLUTION; CLAY SEDIMENTS; DEPTH PROFILE; FUNDAMENTAL LIMITATIONS; GENERAL PATTERNS; GRAIN SIZE; GRAINED SEDIMENTS; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HYDRAULIC CONNECTION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MICROBIAL FUNCTION; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; PORE SIZE EXCLUSION; PORE WATERS; PYRITE OXIDATION; QUATERNARY SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT GRAIN SIZE; SIZE EXCLUSION; SOLUTE CONCENTRATIONS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOACTIVITY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GROUNDWATER; LITHOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BACTERIA;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GRAIN SIZE; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOLOGY; OUTWASH; POREWATER; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SOLUTE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77949644975     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7514     Document Type: Article

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