Arsenic content and fractionation in the surface sediments of the Guangzhou section of the Pearl River in Southern China

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 183, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 264-270

  Wang, Shiliang ^a,b   Cao, Xuezhi ^b   Lin, Chunye ^a   Chen, Xingeng ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QUFU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Fractionation; Geochemistry; Pearl River; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; ARSENIC CONTENT; CHEMICAL FORMS; FE CONTENT; GUANGZHOU; IRON CONTENT; MINERAL PHASIS; MOLAR RATIO; ORGANIC MATTER; PEARL RIVER; POTENTIAL RISKS; RESIDUAL FRACTION; SEDIMENT FRACTION; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SOUTHERN CHINA; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

ARSENIC; FRUITS; GEMS; GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON ORES; IRON OXIDES; RIVERS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ARSENIC; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; FERRIC OXIDE; IRON OXIDE; MAGNETITE; ORGANIC MATTER;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARSENIC; CLAY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FRACTIONATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; IRON OXIDE; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHINA; CLAY; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTENT;

ARSENIC; CHINA; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; RIVERS;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU; ZHUJIANG;

EID: 77956438393     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.07.020     Document Type: Article

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