Temporal dynamics of biogeochemical processes at the Norman Landfill site

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 6909-6926

  Arora, Bhavna ^a,b   Mohanty, Binayak P ^a   McGuire, Jennifer T ^c   Cozzarelli, Isabelle M ^d  

^a Texas A M University   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

biogeochemical processes; field data; redox; sulfate reduction; temporal variability; wavelet analysis; wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; FIELD DATA; REDOX; SULFATE REDUCTION; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEACHATE TREATMENT; NITRATES; STREAM FLOW; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TIME MEASUREMENT; VEGETATION; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

PROCESS CONTROL;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOHYDROLOGY; FIELD SURVEY; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; PLUME; REDOX CONDITIONS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

NORMAN; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886102565     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20484     Document Type: Article

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