The fate of antimony in a major lowland river system, the Waikato River, New Zealand

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2283-2292

  Wilson, Nathaniel ^a   Webster Brown, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC LAYERS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; FE OXIDE; FRESH WATER; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; LOWLAND RIVERS; MACROPHYTES; NEW ZEALAND; PH CONDITION; REMOVAL PROCESS; RIVER SYSTEMS; STRATIFIED LAKES; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATERIAL; VARIABLE DILUTION;

ADSORPTION; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BIOCHEMISTRY; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; WATER;

RIVERS;

ADSORPTION; ANTIMONY; BIOACCUMULATION; DILUTION; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; MACROPHYTE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION CONTROL; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER SYSTEM; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIKATO; WAIKATO RIVER;

EID: 70350621758     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2009.09.016     Document Type: Article

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