Geochemical processes controlling arsenic mobility in groundwater: A case study of arsenic mobilization and natural attenuation

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-80

  He, Y Thomas ^a   Fitzmaurice, Arthur G ^a   Bilgin, Azra ^a   Choi, Sunkyung ^b   O'Day, Peggy ^b   Horst, John ^c   Harrington, James ^c   James Reisinger, H ^d   Burris, David R ^d   Hering, Janet G ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Arcadis G and M Inc   (United States)

^d Integrated Science and Technology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC MOBILITY; ARSENIC MOBILIZATION; BACKGROUND LEVEL; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; CHEMICAL EXTRACTIONS; CHLORINATED SOLVENT; CONCENTRATION OF; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; GROUNDWATER FLOW DIRECTIONS; GROUNDWATER MONITORING WELLS; IN-SITU; MICROBIAL PROCESS; NATURAL ATTENUATION; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION; SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENT; SUPERFUND SITES; TREATMENT AREA;

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; DECHLORINATION; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SORPTION; WELLS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ARSENIC; DECHLORINATION; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MICROORGANISM; MINERALIZATION; MOBILIZATION; NATURAL ATTENUATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SORPTION; SUPERFUND; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 72149094314     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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