Biogeochemical redox processes and their impact on contaminant dynamics

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-23

  Borch, Thomas ^a   Kretzschmar, Ruben ^b   Skappler, Andrea ^c   Van Cappellen, Philippe ^d   Ginder Vogel, Matthew ^e   Voegelin, Andreas ^b,f   Campbell, Kate ^g  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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

^g U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINANT DYNAMICS; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON DONORS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ELEMENT CYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FATE AND TRANSPORT; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; IRON-BEARING MINERALS; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; MINERAL PHASIS; MINERAL SURFACES; NATURALLY OCCURRING; NEW OPPORTUNITIES; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; REDOX CYCLING; REDOX PROCESS; REDOX TRANSFORMATIONS; REDOX-ACTIVE; REMEDIATION STRATEGIES; RESEARCH NEEDS;

ACTINIDES; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; CHROMIUM; CONTAMINATION; CONTROL SURFACES; DISSOLUTION; IMPURITIES; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MERCURY (METAL); METAL RECOVERY; MINERALS; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MINERALS; REDOX REACTIONS; SILICATE MINERALS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

PROCESS CONTROL;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; CARBON; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SELENIUM; SULFUR; TECHNETIUM;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; ELECTION; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; REDOX CONDITIONS; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TOXICITY; TRACE ELEMENT;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REDUCTION; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

BIOCHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 75349085401     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9026248     Document Type: Review

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