Temperature dependence and coupling of iron and arsenic reduction and release during flooding of a contaminated soil

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 116-122

  Weber, Frank Andreas ^a   Hofacker, Anke F ^a   Voegelin, Andreas ^a,b   Kretzschmar, Ruben ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CONTAMINATED SOILS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FLOODPLAIN SOILS; LABORATORY STUDIES; MICROCOSM EXPERIMENTS; OXIDE DISSOLUTION; OXIDE REDUCTION; PORE WATERS; SOIL REDUCTION; SOIL SOLIDS; SOILS AND SEDIMENTS; SOLID-PHASE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ARSENIC; DISSOLUTION; IRON COMPOUNDS; METAL RECOVERY; SEDIMENTS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ARSENIC; FERROUS ION; IRON;

ARSENIC; FLOODPLAIN; IRON; MICROCOSM; POREWATER; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISSOLUTION; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; MICROCOSM; MONITORING; REDUCTION; SOIL POLLUTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ARSENIC; FLOODS; IRON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 75349084562     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es902100h     Document Type: Article

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