Distribution, chemical speciation, and mobility of lead and antimony originating from small arms ammunition in a coarse-grained unsaturated surface sand

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 863-870

  Lewis, Jeffrey ^a,b   Sjöström, Jan ^a   Skyllberg, Ulf ^b   Hägglund, Lars ^a  

^a SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS CONCENTRATIONS; AQUEOUS PHASIS; BEFORE AND AFTER; COARSE-GRAINED; CONTAMINATED SAND; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; HIGH VELOCITY; SMALL ARMS RANGES; SNOWMELT; SOURCE MATERIAL;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANTIMONY; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; CONTAMINATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LEACHING; LEAD OXIDE; LYSIMETERS; PROJECTILES; SAND; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL SURVEYS;

LEAD;

ANTIMONY; LEAD; LEAD OXIDE;

ARMY; ARTICLE; BULLET; EFFLUENT; FIREARM; LEACHING; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SAND; SOIL POLLUTION;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ANTIMONY; LEAD; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WEAPONS;

EID: 77952143136     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2009.0211     Document Type: Article

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