Arsenic contamination of lake sediments in Florida: Evidence of herbicide mobility from watershed soils

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 869-884

  Whitmore, Thomas J ^a   Riedinger Whitmore, Melanie A ^b   Smoak, Joseph M ^b   Kolasa, Keith V ^c   Goddard, Ethan A ^b   Bindler, Richard ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Southwest Florida Water Management District   (United States)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Contamination; Florida; Lake; Monosodium methylarsonate; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EUTROPHICATION; GOLF COURSE; HERBICIDE; HYPOLIMNION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE POLLUTION; LEACHATE; OUTFLOW; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; POREWATER; SODIUM; WATERSHED;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51649108334     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-008-9204-8     Document Type: Article

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