Assessing the control on the effective kinetic Cr isotope fractionation factor: A reactive transport modeling approach

Chemical Geology

Volumn 337-338, Issue , 2013, Pages 88-98

  Wanner, Christoph ^a   Sonnenthal, Eric L ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cr isotope fractionation; Cr isotope fractionation factor; Cr(VI) reduction; Reaction mechanism; Reactive transport modeling; Transport limitations

Indexed keywords

CR ISOTOPES; CR REDUCTIONS; REACTION MECHANISM; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELING; TRANSPORT LIMITATIONS;

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; KINETICS; MODELS; REACTION RATES;

ISOTOPES;

CHROMIUM; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MODELING; REACTION KINETICS; REACTION RATE; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; REDUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EID: 84871891047     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.11.008     Document Type: Article

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