Earthworms as agents for arsenic transport and transformation in roxarsone-impacted soil mesocosms: A μXANES and modeling study

Geoderma

Volumn 156, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 99-111

  Covey, A K ^a   Furbish, D J ^a   Savage, K S ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOFFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Borings; Contaminant transport; Mathematical models; Oligochaetia; Soil management; XANES spectra

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; ARSENIC SPECIATION; ARTIFICIAL SOIL COLUMN; BIOTURBATION; BULK SOILS; CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; DEPTH PROFILE; FEED SUPPLEMENT; GLUTATHIONES; IMPACTED SOIL; MACROPORES; MESOCOSMS; MICRO BEAMS; MODELING STUDIES; POULTRY INDUSTRY; POULTRY LITTER; SOIL CONTAMINANTS; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL MIXING; SYNCHROTRON X RAYS; TRANSPORT AND TRANSFORMATION; X-RAY ABSORPTION NEAR-EDGE STRUCTURE; XANES; XANES SPECTRA;

AGRONOMY; ARSENIC; BORING; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; CONTAMINATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; IMPURITIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARSENIC; BIOTRANSFORMATION; EARTHWORM; INFILTRATION; MESOCOSM; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

EARTHWORMS (SP.); OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 77950917946     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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