Arsenic mobility and stabilization in topsoils

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1589-1596

  Tyrovola, Konstantina ^a   Nikolaidis, Nikolaos P ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Iron corrosion; Soil; Stabilization; Zero valent iron

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; IRON; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL TOPSOILS; ARSENIC MOBILITY; CONTAMINATED WATER; DISSOLVED IRON; EMPIRICAL MODEL; GEOTHERMAL SOURCES; IRON CORROSION; SHORT TERM; TOPSOIL; ZERO-VALENT IRON;

STABILIZATION;

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORROSION; ELEMENT MOBILITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IRRIGATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; STABILIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOPSOIL;

EID: 62649134201     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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