Arsenic-rich iron floc deposits in seeps downgradient of solid waste landfills

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 443-453

  Parisio, Steven ^a   Keimowitz, Alison R ^b   Simpson, H James ^b   Lent, Andrew ^c   Blackman, Valerie ^d  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c Earth Tech Inc   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination; Ferrihydrite; Leachate

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DEPOSITS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FLOCCULATION; GROUNDWATER; IRON COMPOUNDS; LAND FILL; OXYGEN; SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

FERRIHYDRITE; GROUNDWATER MONITORING WELLS; IRON FLOCCULATE; IRON-STAINED LEACHATE DISCHARGES;

SOLID WASTES;

EID: 33750102588     PISSN: 15320383     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320380600846775     Document Type: Article

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