Remediating subsurface arsenic contamination with monitored natural attenuation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 22, 2005, Pages

  Reisinger, H James ^a   Burris, David R ^a   Hering, Janet G ^b  

^a Integrated Science and Technology Inc Inc   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE WATERS;

ARSENIC CONTAMINATION; ARSENIC MIGRATION; NATURAL ATTENUATION;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NATURAL ATTENUATION;

BIOREMEDIATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARD; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 27744497389     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es053388c     Document Type: Review

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