Arsenic contamination of soils and sediments from tailings in the vicinity of Myungbong Au mine, Korea

Chemical Speciation and Bioavailability

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 67-74

  Ko, Ilwon ^a   Ahn, Joo Sung ^a   Park, Young Seog ^b   Kim, Kyoung Woong ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b Chosun University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arsenic contamination; Fe oxides; Oxalate extraction; Sequential extraction; Tailings

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242741225     PISSN: 09542299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3184/095422903782775217     Document Type: Article

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