Using complex resistivity imaging to infer biogeochemical processes associated with bioremediation of an uranium-contaminated aquifer

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Flores Orozco, Adrin ^a   Williams, Kenneth H ^b   Long, Philip E ^c   Hubbard, Susan S ^b   Kemna, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETATE; AQUIFER POLLUTION; BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; DATA SET; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGING METHOD; IMMOBILIZATION; METABOLISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION MONITORING; POWER LAW; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SULFATE; URANIUM;

COLORADO; RIFLE; UNITED STATES;

GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SP.;

EID: 79960207727     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JG001591     Document Type: Article

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