Isotope fractionation of 238U and 235U during biologically-mediated uranium reduction

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 163, Issue , 2015, Pages 200-218

  Stirling, Claudine H ^a,b   Andersen, Morten B ^b   Warthmann, Rolf ^c,d   Halliday, Alex N ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REACTION KINETICS; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; URANIUM;

DESULFOVIBRIO BRASILIENSIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 84929395054     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2015.03.017     Document Type: Article

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