O 2 reduction and denitrification rates in shallow aquifers

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Tesoriero, Anthony J ^a   Puckett, Larry J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION; CARBON OXIDATION; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DENITRIFICATION RATE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ELECTRON DONORS; FIRST-ORDER RATES; GROUNDWATER AGES; LAG TIME; NITRATE REDUCTION; PRIMARY FACTORS; PRODUCT CONCENTRATION; REDUCTION RATE; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; SHARP INCREASE; STUDY AREAS; SULFIDE OXIDATION; TRAVEL TIME;

AQUIFERS; ELECTRONS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

DENITRIFICATION;

AQUIFER; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ELECTRON; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LITERATURE REVIEW; LITHOLOGY; NITRATE; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SHALLOW WATER; SULFIDE;

EID: 84055188746     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR010471     Document Type: Article

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