MNA as a remedy for arsenic mobilized by anthropogenic inputs of organic carbon

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 84-92

  Hering, Janet G ^a   O'Day, Peggy A ^b   Ford, Robert G ^c   He, Y Thomas ^d   Bilgin, Azra ^d   Reisinger, H James ^e   Burris, David R ^f  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e Integrated Science and Technology Inc   (United States)

^f Integrated Science and Technology Inc   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; BACKGROUND CONDITIONS; BIOSTIMULATION; CHEMICAL SPECIES; CHLORINATED SOLVENT; CONTAMINATED GROUND; CONTAMINATED SITES; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; FAR-FIELD; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; KEY CHARACTERISTICS; LANDFILL LEACHATES; MONITORED NATURAL ATTENUATION; NATURALLY OCCURRING; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; REDOX POTENTIALS; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION; SOURCE CONTROL;

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DECHLORINATION; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LEACHATE TREATMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUIFER; ARSENIC; CONTAMINATED LAND; DECHLORINATION; ELEMENT MOBILITY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ORGANIC CARBON; REMEDIATION;

EID: 68949096787     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: 17456592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2009.01242.x     Document Type: Article

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