A procedure to identify natural arsenic sources, applied in an affected area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Environmental Geology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 775-787

  Banning, Andre ^a   Coldewey, Wilhelm Georg ^b   Göbel, Patricia ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arsenic source; Bog iron ore; Germany; Haltern layers; Mobilization potential; Redox conditions

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; IRON ORES; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; WETLANDS;

BOG IRON ORE; GERMANY; HALTERN-LAYERS; MOBILIZATION POTENTIAL; REDOX CONDITIONS;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; BOG; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELEMENT MOBILITY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IRON ORE; REDOX CONDITIONS; SOIL QUALITY; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA;

EID: 62549123713     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1355-4     Document Type: Article

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