Arsenic redistribution between sediments and water near a highly contaminated source

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 8606-8613

  Keimowitz, Alison R ^a,b   Zheng, Yan ^a,c   Chillrud, Steven N ^a   Mailloux, Brian ^a,d   Jung, Hun Bok ^c   Stute, Martin ^a,d   Simpson, H James ^a,b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER; IRON OXIDES; MASS TRANSFER; SEDIMENTATION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ARSENIC SPECIATION; ORGANIC ARSENIC CONTAMINATION; REDUCTIVE DISSOLUTION; STREAM SEDIMENTS;

WATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER; INORGANIC COMPOUND; IRON; IRON OXIDE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SULFUR; SURFACE WATER;

ARSENIC; PARTITIONING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE;

ARTICLE; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; EXTRACTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; LAKE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ARSENIC; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IRON; NEW JERSEY; SULFUR; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27744571729     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es050727t     Document Type: Article

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