Arsenic in subArctic lakes influenced by gold mine effluent: The occurrence of organoarsenicals and 'hidden' arsenic

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 165-182

  Bright, Doug A ^a   Dodd, Matthew ^a   Reimer, Kenneth J ^a,b  

^a ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

arsenic; diagenesis; freshwater; methylation; organoarsenicals; porewater; s ediments

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GOLD; LAKE WATER;

ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; METHYLATION; MINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; GOLD MINE EFFLUENT; LAKE SEDIMENT; ORGANOARSENICAL; SULPHATE REDUCTION;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, YELLOWKNIFE;

EID: 0029668752     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(95)04940-1     Document Type: Article

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