Effect of arsenic concentration on microbial iron reduction and arsenic speciation in an iron-rich freshwater sediment

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 6008-6021

  Chow, Stephanie S ^a   Taillefert, Martial ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ARSENIC; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IRON; OXIC CONDITIONS; POREWATER; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); WATER COLUMN;

EID: 69849088753     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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