Elevated levels of arsenic in the sediments of an urban pond: Sources, distribution and water quality impacts

Water Research

Volumn 38, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 2989-3000

  Durant, John L ^a   Ivushkina, Tatiana ^a,c   MacLaughlin, Kathy ^b,d   Lukacs, Heather ^b   Gawel, James ^b,e   Senn, David ^b,f   Hemond, Harold F ^b  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c Roux Associates Inc   (United States)

^d Camp Dresser and McKee Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Arsenical herbicides; Pond sediments; Sedimentary record; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; MINING; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; SOLID WASTES;

ARSENIC OXIDES; REMOBILIZATION;

WATER ANALYSIS;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; HERBICIDE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURFACE WATER; URBAN SITE; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; MACROPHYTE; MINING; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 3142685233     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2004.04.010     Document Type: Article

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