Isotopic evidence for reduction of anthropogenic hexavalent chromium in Los Alamos National Laboratory groundwater

Chemical Geology

Volumn 373, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-9

  Heikoop, Jeffrey M ^a   Johnson, Thomas M ^b   Birdsell, Kay H ^a   Longmire, Patrick ^a,c   Hickmott, Donald D ^a   Jacobs, Elaine P ^a   Broxton, David E ^a   Katzman, Danny ^a   Vesselinov, Velimir V ^a   Ding, Mei ^a   Vaniman, David T ^a   Reneau, Steven L ^a   Goering, Tim J ^a   Glessner, Justin ^b,d   Basu, Anirban ^b,e  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c DOE Oversight Bureau NewMexico Environment Department   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromium; Chromium isotopes; Contamination; Groundwater; Reduction

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CHROMIUM; CONTAMINATION; COOLING SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; ISOTOPES; POWER PLANT LABORATORIES; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; REDUCTION;

HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM; HYDROLOGIC SYSTEMS; ISOTOPE MEASUREMENTS; KINETIC ISOTOPE EFFECTS; LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY; POTASSIUM DICHROMATES; REGIONAL AQUIFERS; SYSTEM REDUCTIONS;

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS;

AQUIFER; CHROMIUM; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ISOTOPE; MIXING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REDUCTION; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896030104     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.02.022     Document Type: Article

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