Mobilization of arsenic and iron from Red River floodplain sediments, Vietnam

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3367-3381

  Postma, Dieke ^a   Jessen, Søren ^a   Hue, Nguyen Thi Minh ^b   Duc, Mai Thanh ^b   Koch, Christian Bender ^c   Viet, Pham Hung ^b   Nhan, Pham Quy ^d   Larsen, Flemming ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d HANOI UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND GEOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; ASCORBIC ACID; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GOETHITE; HEMATITE; IRON; IRON OXIDE; MINERALOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; REACTION KINETICS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

RED RIVER [ASIA]; VIET NAM;

EID: 77952888006     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.03.024     Document Type: Article

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