Chronology of atmospheric deposition of arsenic inferred from reconstructed sedimentary records

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 6508-6513

  Couture, Raoul Marie ^a   Gobeil, Charles ^a   Tessier, André ^a  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; CESIUM; COAL COMBUSTION; LEAD; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; OXIC SEDIMENTS; RURAL AREAS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

AIR POLLUTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COAL; CORE ANALYSIS; DIAGENESIS; DIFFUSION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HEADWATER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIC CONDITIONS; POREWATER; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHRONOLOGY; COMBUSTION; DIAGENESIS; MEASUREMENT; NORTH AMERICA; RURAL AREA; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ARSENIC; ATMOSPHERE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANOXIC BASINS; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC FLUXES; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; DEPOSITION FLUXES; DRY AND WET; HEAD WATERS; HISTORICAL MEASUREMENTS; MASS ACCUMULATION RATES; OXYHYDROXIDES; PORE WATERS; SAMPLING SITE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT DEPTH; SEDIMENT SURFACE; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; TRANSPORT-REACTION EQUATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 50849107359     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es800818j     Document Type: Article

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