Arsenic contamination in New Orleans soil: Temporal changes associated with flooding

Environmental Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-25

  Rotkin Ellman, Miriam ^a   Solomon, Gina ^a,b   Gonzales, Christopher R ^c   Agwaramgbo, Lovell ^d   Mielke, Howard W ^e  

^a NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

^d DILLARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Flood; Katrina; New Orleans; Sediment; Soil

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITION; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODING; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOODING; FOLLOW UP; HURRICANE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; UNITED STATES;

ARSENIC; CYCLONIC STORMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOODS; NEW ORLEANS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71249158514     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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