Arsenic retention and release in ombrotrophic peatlands

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1405-1417

  Rothwell, J J ^a,c   Taylor, K G ^a   Ander, E L ^b   Evans, M G ^c   Daniels, S M ^c   Allott, T E H ^c  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Dissolved organic carbon; Mobility; Organic matter; Peat; Stream water

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; DEWATERING; DISSOLUTION; FIRE HAZARDS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LANDFORMS; LEAD; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARKS; PEAT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; STREAM FLOW; WETLANDS; WETTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CONTAMINATIONS; BASE FLOWS; BINDING AND RELEASES; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBONS; FE OXIDES; FLUVIAL SYSTEMS; MOBILITY; NATIONAL PARKS; OMBROTROPHIC PEATLANDS; OMBROTROPHIC PEATS; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC MATTERS; OXIC CONDITIONS; PEAT SOILS; REDOX STATUSES; STORM FLOWS; STREAM WATER; STREAM WATERS; WATER TABLES;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; ORGANIC MATTER; PEAT;

ARSENIC; BASEFLOW; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; LEAD; OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PEAT; REDOX CONDITIONS; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGY; PEATLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS;

ARSENIC; IRON; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; PEAK DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 57049115936     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.10.015     Document Type: Article

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