Natural enrichment of arsenic in a minerotrophic peatland (Gola di Lago, Canton Ticino, Switzerland), and implications for the treatment of contaminated waters

Natural Arsenic in Groundwater: Occurrence, Remediation and Management - Proceedings of the Pre-Congress Workshop "Natural Arsenic in Groundwater (BWO 06)", 32nd International Geological Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 205-210

  Gonzalez A Z I ^a   Krachler, M ^a   Cheburkin, A K ^a   Shotyk, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATED WATER; NATURAL SINKS; NATURAL WETLAND; PEATLAND; STREAM WATER; SWITZERLAND;

ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; PEAT; WETLANDS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

EID: 33750888228     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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