Arsenic contamination and its speciation in the water system around the abandoned Dongil Au-Ag mine in Korea

Key Engineering Materials

Volumn 277-279, Issue I, 2005, Pages 503-509

  Yi, Ji Min ^a   Lee, Jin Soo ^a   Chon, Hyo Taek ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Sequential extraction; Speciation; Water system

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINES; ARSENIC; EXTRACTION; MINING; REGIONAL PLANNING; SEDIMENTS;

SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; SPECIATION; WATER SYSTEM;

CONTAMINATION;

EID: 33646439415     PISSN: 10139826     EISSN: 16629795     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/0-87849-958-x.503     Document Type: Article

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