Bioreduction of Fe-bearing clay minerals and their reactivity toward pertechnetate (Tc-99)

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 5229-5246

  Bishop, Michael E ^a   Dong, Hailiang ^a   Kukkadapu, Ravi K ^b   Liu, Chongxuan ^b   Edelmann, Richard E ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORITE; CLAY MINERAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ILLITE; IMMOBILIZATION; IRON OXIDE; PALYGORSKITE; REDUCTION; SMECTITE;

SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS;

EID: 80051473098     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.06.034     Document Type: Article

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