Effects of soil composition and mineralogy on the bioaccessibility of arsenic from tailings and soil in gold mine districts of nova scotia

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2667-2674

  Meunier, Louise ^a   Walker, Stephen R ^b   Wragg, Joanna ^c   Parsons, Michael B ^d   Koch, Iris ^a   Jamieson, Heather E ^b   Reimer, Kenneth J ^a  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS IRON; ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC SPECIES; BIOACCESSIBILITY; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS; NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE; NEAR-SURFACE; NOVA SCOTIA; SCORODITE; SOIL COMPOSITION; WEAK CORRELATION;

CALCIUM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GOLD MINES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MINING; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; CALCIUM; GOLD; IRON DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC CARBON; PYRITE;

ARSENATE; ARSENIC; ARSENOPYRITE; BIOAVAILABILITY; GOLD MINE; MINERALOGY; OXIDATION; SCORODITE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; TAILINGS; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXTRACTION; HUMAN; MINE TAILINGS; MINERALOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SAMPLING; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WEATHERING; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; GOLD; MINERALS; MINING; NOVA SCOTIA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77950373708     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9035682     Document Type: Article

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