Carbonate mineral precipitation for soil improvement through microbial denitrification

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 211 GSP, 2011, Pages 3925-3934

  Hamdan, Nasser ^a   Kavazanjian, Edward ^a   Rittmann, Bruce E ^b   Karatas, Ismail ^c  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF   (United States)

Author keywords

Minerals; Precipitation; Soil stabilization

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY; CARBONATE PRECIPITATION; COLUMN TEST; ELECTRON DONORS; LOWER COST; MICROBIAL DENITRIFICATION; MINERAL PRECIPITATION; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PORE FLUIDS; PORE WATERS; PRECIPITATION; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; SOIL STABILIZATION; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; TOXIC BYPRODUCTS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BYPRODUCTS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; STABILIZATION;

DENITRIFICATION;

EID: 79956354918     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41165(397)401     Document Type: Conference Paper

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