Variably saturated flow and multicomponent biogeochemical reactive transport modeling of a uranium bioremediation field experiment

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 126, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 271-290

  Yabusaki, Steven B ^a   Fang, Yilin ^a   Williams, Kenneth H ^b   Murray, Christopher J ^a   Ward, Andy L ^a   Dayvault, Richard D ^c   Waichler, Scott R ^a   Newcomer, Darrell R ^a   Spane, Frank A ^a   Long, Philip E ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SM Stoller Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Reactive transport modeling; Uranium

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; BIOREDUCTIONS; BIOSTIMULATION; COMPUTATIONAL PERFORMANCE; ELECTRON DONORS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HIGH PERMEABILITY; HIGH-FLOW RATE; IN-SITU; INJECTION WELLS; LITHOFACIES; LOCAL ZONES; LOCALIZED EFFECTS; MASSIVELY PARALLEL COMPUTERS; MATERIAL PROPERTY; METAL-REDUCING BACTERIA; MULTICOMPONENTS; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; PROCESSOR CORES; PROTEOMIC ANALYSIS; REACTIVE SURFACE AREA; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELING; RESIDENCE TIME; SANDY GRAVEL; SMALL POPULATION; SUBSIDIARY REACTIONS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SURFACE COMPLEXATION; TRANSPORT RATE; URANIUM CONCENTRATION; VADOSE ZONE; VARIABLY SATURATED FLOW; WATER TABLES;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GUNS (ARMAMENT); IRON COMPOUNDS; MODELS; POLLUTION; SULFATE MINERALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; URANIUM; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS; WELLS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ACETIC ACID; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FERRIC ION; FERROUS ION; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; SULFATE; SULFIDE; URANIUM;

ACETATE; AQUIFER; BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; COMPLEXATION; GRAVEL; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LITHOFACIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE AREA; URANIUM; VADOSE ZONE; WATER TABLE;

ALKALINITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DILUTION; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FLOW RATE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IRON REDUCING BACTERIUM; ORGANISMS BY METABOLISM; PH; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; REACTIVE SURFACE AREA; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELING; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WATER TABLE;

ACETATES; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; URANIUM; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 80155155889     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: 18736009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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