Accumulation of arsenic from acidic mine waters by ferruginous bacterial accretions (stromatolites)

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 541-554

  Leblanc, M ^a   Achard, B ^a   Othman, D Ben ^a   Luck, J M ^a   Bertrand Sarfati, J ^b   Personne J Ch ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ARSENIC; BACTERIA; STROMATOLITE;

FRANCE, LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON, GARD, CARNOULES MINE;

EID: 0030176847     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0883-2927(96)00010-8     Document Type: Article

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