Nitrate attenuation potential of hypersaline lake sediments in central Spain: Flow-through and batch experiments

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 164, Issue , 2014, Pages 323-337

  Carrey, R ^a   Rodriguez Escales P ^b   Otero, N ^a   Ayora, C ^c   Soler, A ^a   Gomez Alday J J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bottom lake sediment; Denitrification; DNRA; Flow through experiment; Hyper saline lake; Isotopic fractionation; Kinetic model

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; EXPERIMENTS; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPES; NITRATES; REDUCTION; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE;

DNRA; FLOW-THROUGH EXPERIMENTS; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; KINETIC MODELING; LAKE SEDIMENTS;

LAKES;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITROGEN 15; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN 18; SULFATE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER POLLUTANT;

AMMONIUM; DENITRIFICATION; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LEACHING; NATURAL ATTENUATION; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; REACTION KINETICS; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; FLOW RATE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LEACHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; SPAIN; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; LAKE; WATER POLLUTANT;

SPAIN;

DENITRIFICATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LAKES; NITRATES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SALINITY; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84904721392     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: 18736009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2014.06.017     Document Type: Article

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