This study deals on the interrelation of redox processes in pore waters and solid phases. Therefore, a column experiment was carried out with sediments from an anoxic aquifer. The experiment was run for 80 weeks. Test water contained a constant concentration of the reducing agent acetate and was pumped through the column at a¯ow velocity of 0.80 m/day. Data were processed and interpreted by a combined approach of transport and reaction modeling. The primary redox processes oxygen-, nitrate-, iron-and sulfate-reduction were identi®ed to be responsible for major turnover rates. A secondary process of sul®de oxidation by ironand manganese (hydr)oxides explained a distinctive sul®de sink. Iron and manganese minerals were removed from the solid phase by reduction. While the iron released in the process completely precipitated again forming sul®des and carbonates, some manganese was removed from the system. Only one proportion of dissolved manganese precipitated to form carbonates.
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