Arsenic, iron and sulfur co-diagenesis in lake sediments

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1238-1255

  Couture, Raoul Marie ^a   Gobeil, Charles ^a   Tessier, André ^a  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; BOTTOM WATER; DIAGENESIS; HYPOLIMNION; IRON; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; ORGANIC CARBON; PH; POREWATER; REDOX CONDITIONS; SATURATION; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SULFUR;

EID: 73449087963     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.11.028     Document Type: Article

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