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Nitrate and ferrous iron relationship was investigated in three soil profiles down to 20 m. Samples from the profiles were investigated for their ability to transform nitrate to the gas nitrous oxide and nitrogen in laboratory experiments under anaerobic conditions.
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Lind, AM. (1985). Nitrate Reduction in the Subsoil. In: Golterman, H.L. (eds) Denitrification in the Nitrogen Cycle. NATO Conference Series, vol 9. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9972-9_10
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