Arsenic remobilization from sediments contaminated with mine tailings near the Adak mine in Västerbotten district (northern Sweden)

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-54

  Routh, Joyanto ^a   Bhattacharya, Aparajita ^a   Saraswathy, Ambujom ^a   Jacks, Gunnar ^b   Bhattacharya, Prosun ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Microbes; Microcosm; Mobilization; Reduction; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC REMOBILIZATION; MICROBES; MICROCOSM; MINE TAILINGS; SPECIATION;

METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; SEDIMENTS; TAILINGS; WEATHERING;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; MICROCOSM; MINING; REMOBILIZATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TAILINGS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; VASTERBOTTEN;

EID: 33845245016     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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