Arsenic speciation in waters and sediment of ephemeral floodplain pools, Ríos Agrio-Guadiamar, Aznalcóllar, Spain

Chemical Geology

Volumn 219, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 175-192

  Hudson Edwards, Karen A ^a   Jamieson, Heather E ^b   Charnock, John M ^c   Macklin, Mark G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Arsenopyrite; Aznalc llar; EXAFS; Fe oxide; Jarosite; R o Guadiamar; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TAILINGS DAM; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRIO RIVER; ANDALUCIA; AZNALCOLLAR; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GUADIAMAR RIVER; SEVILLA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 19944422819     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.02.001     Document Type: Article

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