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@ARTICLE{Strobel:917293,
author = {Strobel, C. and Abramov, S. and Huisman, J. A. and Cirpka,
O. A. and Mellage, A.},
title = {{S}pectral {I}nduced {P}olarization ({SIP}) of
{D}enitrification‐{D}riven {M}icrobial {A}ctivity in
{C}olumn {E}xperiments {P}acked {W}ith {C}alcareous
{A}quifer {S}ediments},
journal = {JGR / Biogeosciences},
volume = {128},
number = {1},
issn = {0148-0227},
address = {Hoboken, NJ},
publisher = {Wiley},
reportid = {FZJ-2023-00523},
pages = {e2022JG007190},
year = {2023},
abstract = {Spectral Induced Polarization (SIP) has been suggested as a
non-invasive monitoring proxy for microbial processes. Under
natural conditions, however, multiple and often coupled
polarization processes co-occur, impeding the interpretation
of SIP signals. In this study, we analyze the sensitivity of
SIP to microbially-driven reactions under quasi-natural
conditions. We conducted flow-through experiments in columns
equipped with SIP electrodes and filled with natural
calcareous, organic-carbon-rich aquifer sediment, in which
heterotrophic denitrification was bio-stimulated. Our
results show that, even in the presence of parallel
polarization processes in a natural sediment under
field-relevant geochemical conditions, SIP is sufficiently
sensitive to microbially-driven changes in electrical charge
storage. Denitrification yielded an increase in imaginary
conductivity of up to 3.1
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$(+140\%)$ and the formation of a distinct peak between 1
and 10 Hz, that matched the timing of expected microbial
activity predicted by a reactive transport model fitted to
solute concentrations. A Cole-Cole decomposition allowed
separating the polarization contribution of microbial
activity from that of cation exchange, thereby helping to
locate microbial hotspots without the need for
(bio)geochemical data to constrain the Cole-Cole parameters.
Our approach opens new avenues for the application of SIP as
a rapid method to monitor a system's reactivity in situ.
While in preceding studies the SIP signals of microbial
activity in natural sediments were influenced by mineral
precipitation/dissolution reactions, the imaginary
conductivity changes measured in the biostimulation
experiments presented here were dominated by changes in the
polarization of the bacterial cells rather than a
reaction-induced alteration of the abiotic matrix.},
cin = {IBG-3},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-3-20101118},
pnm = {2173 - Agro-biogeosystems: controls, feedbacks and impact
(POF4-217)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-2173},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000998825900001},
doi = {10.1029/2022JG007190},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/917293},
}