Pore-scale characterization of biogeochemical controls on iron and uranium speciation under flow conditions

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 7992-8000

  Pearce, Carolyn I ^a   Wilkins, Michael J ^a   Zhang, Changyong ^a   Heald, Steve M ^b   Fredrickson, Jim K ^a   Zachara, John M ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL SPECIES; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CONTROLS; COMBINED EFFECT; CONTINUOUS FLOWS; DISCRETE REGIONS; ELECTRON SHUTTLE; ENZYMATIC REDUCTION; FLOW CONDITION; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; INCREMENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MICRO-PROBES; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; MICROENVIRONMENTS; MICROMODELS; MINERAL SURFACES; PORE SPACE; PORE-NETWORK MODELS; RE-OXIDATION; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; REDOX GRADIENTS; REDOX-ACTIVE METALS; SPATIAL LOCALIZATION; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; SUBSURFACE CONDITIONS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; METALS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; REDOX REACTIONS; URANIUM; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

ACETIC ACID; FUMARIC ACID; IRON; METAL; MINERAL; URANIUM;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMASS; COLONIZATION; IRON; POROSITY; REDOX CONDITIONS; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON; FLOW KINETICS; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDICS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION; REDUCTION; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOMASS; GEOBACTER; IRON; MICROFLUIDICS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; URANIUM; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS;

EID: 84864647249     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es301050h     Document Type: Article

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