Arsenic geochemistry of the Great Dismal Swamp, Virginia, USA: Possible organic matter controls

Aquatic Geochemistry

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 289-308

  Haque, Shama E ^a   Tang, Jianwu ^b   Bounds, William J ^c   Burdige, David J ^c   Johannesson, Karen H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c Old Dominion University   (United States)

^d Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Chemical speciation; Great Dismal Swamp; Northwest River; Organic matter

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER; PH; PHYTOPLANKTON; POREWATER; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SURFACE WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER FLOW;

GREAT DISMAL SWAMP; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36749050989     PISSN: 13806165     EISSN: 15731421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10498-007-9021-0     Document Type: Article

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