Combined use of δ13C, δ15N, and δ34S tracers tostudy anaerobic bacterial processes in groundwater flow systems

Water Research

Volumn 54, Issue , 2014, Pages 284-296

  Hosono, Takahiro ^a   Tokunaga, Takahiro ^a   Tsushima, Akane ^a,b   Shimada, Jun ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaerobic biogeochemical process; Denitrification; Groundwater; Kumamoto; Stable isotopic compositions

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; NITRATES; ORGANIC CARBON; REDUCTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ANAEROBICS; ANEROBIC BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; AUTOTROPHIC DENITRIFICATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; FLOW SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER FLOW SYSTEMS; KUMAMOTO; STABLE ISOTOPE RATIOS; STABLE ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; SULFATE REDUCTION;

DENITRIFICATION;

CARBON 13; GROUND WATER; ISOTOPE; NITRATE; NITROGEN 15; SULFATE; SULFUR 34; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUIFER; BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; DENITRIFICATION; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OXIDATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TRACER;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; DEPLETION; ISOTOPE TRACING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

JAPAN; KUMAMOTO; KYUSHU;

ANAEROBIC BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; KUMAMOTO; STABLE ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROCESSES; BICARBONATES; DENITRIFICATION; GEOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPE LABELING; JAPAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITRATES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; RHEOLOGY; SEASONS; SULFATES; SULFUR ISOTOPES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84894488524     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.02.005     Document Type: Article

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