Arsenic speciation in pyrite and secondary weathering phases, Mother Lode Gold District, Tuolumne County, California

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1219-1244

  Savage, Kaye S ^a   Tingle, Tracy N ^a   O'Day, Peggy A ^b   Waychunas, Glenn A ^c   Bird, Dennis K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GOLD; PYRITE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); WEATHERING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034077392     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(99)00115-8     Document Type: Article

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