Hydrogeology, Chemical and Microbial Activity Measurement Through Deep Permafrost

Ground Water

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 348-364

  Stotler, Randy L ^a   Frape, Shaun K ^b   Freifeld, Barry M ^c   Holden, Brian ^b   Onstott, Tullis C ^d   Ruskeeniemi, Timo ^e   Chan, Eric ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELOW GROUND SURFACES; COMBINED SURFACE; CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSOR; FLUID COMPONENTS; FORMATION PROCESS; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAND SURFACE; LOCAL SURFACES; METHANE HYDRATES; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; PIE- ZOMETRIC HEAD; SAMPLE LOCATION; SAMPLING LINES; SULFATE CONCENTRATIONS; WATER SAMPLES;

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; DRILLS; FLUIDS; GAS HYDRATES; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; METHANE; PERMAFROST; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

WATER;

BOREHOLE; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PERMAFROST; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SALINITY; SAMPLING; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLD; GAS; GEOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

ARCTIC REGIONS; COLD TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GASES; GEOLOGY; WATER;

CANADA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 79955131872     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2010.00724.x     Document Type: Article

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