Natural attenuation of arsenic in the Tinto Santa Rosa acid stream (Iberian Pyritic Belt, SW Spain): The role of iron precipitates

Chemical Geology

Volumn 271, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Asta, Maria P ^a   Ayora, Carlos ^a   Román Ross, Gabriela ^b   Cama, Jordi ^a   Acero, Patricia ^c   Gault, Andrew G ^d   Charnock, John M ^d   Bardelli, Fabrizio ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e Nanostructured Interfaces and Surfaces NIS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Arsenic; Natural attenuation; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACID WATER; ARSENIC; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); IRON; NATURAL ATTENUATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SORPTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

IBERIAN PYRITE BELT; SPAIN;

EID: 75149168758     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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