The effect of sediment type and pH-adjustment on the porewater chemistry of copper- and zinc-spiked sediments

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-73

  Hutchins, Colin M ^a,c   Teasdale, Peter R ^a   Lee, Shing Yip ^a   Simpson, Stuart L ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Copper; Iron and manganese biogeochemistry; Metal spiked sediment; Porewater; Sediment pH; Zinc

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COPPER; FIRE HAZARDS; GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METALS; ORGANIC CARBON; PH; SEDIMENTOLOGY; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

BINDING CAPACITIES; GEOCHEMICAL CHANGES; IRON CONCENTRATIONS; IRON OXY HYDROXIDES; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; POREWATER; POREWATER CHEMISTRIES; POREWATER CONCENTRATIONS; REDOX POTENTIALS; STIMULATORY EFFECTS; SULFIDE CONCENTRATIONS; TOXICITY TESTS;

PH EFFECTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 58149142788     PISSN: 15320383     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320380802545407     Document Type: Article

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