Seasonal changes in arsenic concentrations and hydrogeochemistry of Canadian Creek, Ballarat (Victoria, Australia)

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 169, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 355-374

  Sultan, Khawar ^a   Dowling, Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Australia; Metal cations; Mining; Seasonality; Surface water

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MINING; OXIDATION; SOILS; SURFACE WATERS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WASTES;

AUSTRALIA; METAL CATIONS; SEASONALITY;

ARSENIC;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; ARSENIC DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; GOLD; IRON; MAGNESIUM; METAL ION; POTASSIUM; RAIN; SODIUM; SULFIDE; SURFACE WATER; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER;

ARSENIC; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MINE WASTE; OXIDATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY;

ADSORPTION; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTUMN; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MINING; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SPRING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURFACE SOIL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 29844434588     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-006-2813-9     Document Type: Article

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