• The Effect of Geological Media on the Denitrification of Nitrate in Subsurface Environments

  • Ji-Hun Jeon·Woo-Chun Lee·Sang-Woo Lee·Soon-Oh Kim*

  • Department of Geology and Research Institute of Natural Science (RINS), Gyeongsang National University (GNU)

  • 지중환경 내 지질 매체가 질산염의 탈질 반응에 미치는 영향에 대한 고찰

  • 전지훈·이우춘·이상우·김순오*

  • 경상대학교 지질과학과 및 기초과학연구소(RINS)

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This Article

  • 2020; 25(S1): 16-27

    Published on Jun 30, 2020

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2020.25.s1.016
  • Received on May 8, 2020
  • Revised on May 15, 2020
  • Accepted on May 25, 2020

Correspondence to

  • Soon-Oh Kim

  • Department of Geology and Research Institute of Natural Science (RINS), Gyeongsang National University (GNU)

  • E-mail: sokim@gnu.ac.kr