Arsenic addition to soils from airborne coal dust originating at a major coal shipping terminal

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 185, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 195-207

  Bounds, William J ^a   Johannesson, Karen H ^b  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne transport; Arsenic; Coal dust; Coal shipping terminal; Soils; Virginia

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE TRANSPORT; COAL SHIPPING TERMINAL; HEAVY LIQUID; LAMBERT'S POINT DOCKS;

ARSENIC; COAL DUST; HEALTH HAZARDS; SAND; SEPARATION; SULFURIC ACID;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; COAL; NITRIC ACID; SODIUM; SODIUM POLYTUNGSTATE; SULFURIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARSENIC; COAL DUST; HEALTH HAZARDS; SAND; SEPARATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SULFURIC ACID;

ARSENIC; COAL; DUST; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITRIC ACID; SOIL POLLUTION; SULFURIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENT; EXTRACTION; HEALTH HAZARD; LIQUID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SAMPLE; SAND; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOIL; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT;

NORFOLK [VIRGINIA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 34648828962     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-007-9442-9     Document Type: Article

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