Arsenic solid-phase partitioning in reducing sediments of a contaminated wetland

Chemical Geology

Volumn 228, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 156-174

  Wilkin, Richard T ^a   Ford, Robert G ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxic sediments; Arsenic; Contaminated sediments; Greigite; Ground water surface water interactions; Iron; Pyrite; Stable sulfur isotopes; XANES spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CONTAMINATED LAND; GEOCHEMISTRY; GREIGITE; GROUNDWATER; IRON SULFIDE; PYRITE; SEDIMENT; SURFACE WATER; WETLAND; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 33645880410     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.11.022     Document Type: Article

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