A physical explanation for the development of redox microzones in hyporheic flow

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 4402-4410

  Briggs, Martin A ^a   Day Lewis, Frederick D ^a   Zarnetske, Jay P ^b   Harvey, Judson W ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biogeochemical; denitrification; hyporheic; mass transfer; microsite; microzone

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; MASS TRANSFER; OXIC SEDIMENTS;

ANAEROBIC RESPIRATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL; HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS; HYPORHEIC; MICROSITE; MICROZONE; PORE-NETWORK MODELING; SATURATED SEDIMENTS;

STREAM FLOW;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DENITRIFICATION; HYPORHEIC ZONE; MASS TRANSFER; OXIC SEDIMENT; OXYGEN; PORE SPACE; POROSITY; REDOX CONDITIONS; RESIDENCE TIME; RESPIRATION;

EID: 84934344077     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL064200     Document Type: Article

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