Kinetic reaction modeling framework for identifying and quantifying reductant reactivity in heterogeneous aquifer sediments

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 6698-6705

  Descourvieres, Carlos ^a,b   Prommer, Henning ^a,b   Oldham, Carolyn ^a   Greskowiak, Janek ^b   Hartog, Niels ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC GROUNDWATER; AQUEOUS COMPOSITION; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; AQUIFER MATERIALS; COMPLEX HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS; GASPHASE; GEOCHEMICAL CONTROL; GEOCHEMICAL MODELING; HETEROGENEOUS AQUIFERS; KINETIC REACTIONS; LITHOLOGICAL UNITS; MAJOR IONS; MATRIX; MODELING FRAMEWORKS; OXIC WATERS; OXIDANT CONSUMPTION; QUALITY CHANGE; REDUCTANTS; TRACE METAL;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LITHOLOGY; REACTION RATES; REDOX REACTIONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOLUTIONS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER INJECTION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

QUALITY CONTROL;

BUFFER; CARBON DIOXIDE; ION; OXIDIZING AGENT; OXYGEN; TRACE METAL;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; AQUIFER; BUFFERING; CARBON DIOXIDE; GROUNDWATER; LITHOLOGY; OXIDANT; PH; REACTION RATE; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; TRACE METAL; WATER QUALITY;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; GAS; GEOCHEMISTRY; INCUBATION TIME; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REDUCTION KINETICS; SEDIMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CALIBRATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GASES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHASE TRANSITION; REDUCING AGENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER;

EID: 77956156465     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es101661u     Document Type: Article

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