Arsenic fixation on iron-hydroxide-rich and plant litter-containing sediments in natural environments

Environmental Geology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 133-142

  Fritzsche, Andreas ^a   Dienemann, Holger ^b   Dudel, Ernst Gert ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adsorption capacity; Alkaline neutral waters; Ore mountains; Uranium tailings

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; IRON COMPOUNDS; LEACHATE TREATMENT; ORE TAILINGS; SUPERSATURATION;

ADSORPTION CAPACITY; ALKALINE NEUTRAL WATERS; ORE MOUNTAINS; URANIUM TAILINGS;

SEDIMENTS;

ARSENIC; IRON HYDROXIDE; LEACHING; LITTER; MINE DRAINAGE; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT; URANIUM;

EID: 33748692237     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0315-0     Document Type: Article

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