Denitrification of groundwater with pyrite and Thiobacillus denitrificans

Chemical Geology

Volumn 278, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 80-91

  Torrentó, Clara ^a   Cama, Jordi ^a   Urmeneta, Jordi ^b   Otero, Neus ^b   Soler, Albert ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Dissolution; Isotope fractionation; Pyrite; Thiobacillus denitrificans

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHIC DENITRIFICATION; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; DENITRIFYING BACTERIA; ELECTRON DONORS; FIELD STUDIES; FLOWTHROUGH; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC ENRICHMENT; LOADING RATE; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE REDUCTION; NITRATE REMOVAL; NITRATE-CONTAMINATED AQUIFER; PYRITE GRAINS; THIOBACILLUS DENITRIFICANS;

AQUIFERS; BACTERIA; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; NITRATES; REMOVAL;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AQUIFER POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; ENRICHMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PH; PYRITE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; WATER CHEMISTRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THIOBACILLUS DENITRIFICANS;

EID: 77957801148     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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