A microbial fuel cell in contaminated ground delineated by electrical self-potential and normalized induced polarization data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 115, Issue G3, 2010, Pages

  Doherty, R ^a   Kulessa, B ^a,b   Ferguson, A S ^a,c   Larkin, M J ^a   Kulakov, L A ^a   Kalin, R M ^d  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeophysics; Contaminated land; Electrical self potential; Induced polarization; Microbial fuel cell

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255207464     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JG001131     Document Type: Article

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