Spatial distribution of natural enrichments of arsenic, selenium, and uranium in a minerotrophic peatland, Gola di Lago, Canton Ticino, Switzerland

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 6568-6574

  González A, Zayre I ^a   Krachler, Michael ^a   Cheburkin, Andriy K ^a   Shotyk, William ^a  

^a Institute of Environmental Geochemistry   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EXTRACTION; METAL RECOVERY; REDOX REACTIONS; STREAM FLOW;

GEOCHEMICAL TRAP; PEATLANDS; STREAM WATERS;

WATER TREATMENT;

ARSENIC; MINERAL; ORGANIC MATTER; PEAT; SELENIUM; URANIUM; WATER;

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EXTRACTION; METAL RECOVERY; REDOX REACTIONS; STREAM FLOW; WATER TREATMENT;

ARSENIC; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; IRON; MIRE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PEATLAND; SELENIUM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SULFUR; TRANSFORMATION; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EXTRACTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MINERALOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PEATLAND; SEDIMENT; STREAM (RIVER); SWITZERLAND; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

ARSENIC; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; HUMANS; IRON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SELENIUM; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SWITZERLAND; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GOLA DI LAGO; SWITZERLAND; TICINO;

EID: 33750865351     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es061080v     Document Type: Article

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