Landfill-stimulated iron reduction and arsenic release at the Coakley Superfund Site (NH)

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-73

  DeLemos, Jamie L ^a   Bostick, Benjamin C ^a   Renshaw, Carl E ^a   Stürup, Stefan ^a   Feng, Xiahong ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER; IMPURITIES; IRON; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARSENIC SOURCES; CORRELATION FACTOR; INCUBATIONS;

LAND FILL;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ARSENIC; BENZENE; CHROMIUM; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; GROUND WATER; IRON; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

ARSENIC; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LANDFILL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARSENIC RELEASE; ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLAY; COAKLEY LANDFILL SUPERFUND SITE; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; GLACIOMARINE CLAY; IRON REDUCTION; LANDFILL; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; ORGANIC POLLUTION; ORGANIC WASTE; REDUCTION; UNITED STATES; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

ARSENIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; IRON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 30344443351     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es051054h     Document Type: Article

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