Arsenate and arsenite sorption on carbonate hosted precious metals ore

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 419-429

  Decker, David L ^a   Papelis, Charalambos ^b,c   Tyler, Scott W ^d   Logsdon, Mark J ^e   Šimůnek, Jirka ^f  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^e Geochimica Inc   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENATE; ARSENITE; CARBONATE; FLOW MODELING; GOLD MINE; ISOTHERM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SORPTION;

CARLIN TREND; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749677107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2005.0038     Document Type: Article

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