Chemical treatments for mobilizing arsenic from contaminated aquifer solids to accelerate remediation

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1500-1509

  Wovkulich, Karen ^a,b   Mailloux, Brian J ^c   Lacko, Allison ^a   Keimowitz, Alison R ^b   Stute, Martin ^b,c   Simpson, H James ^a,b   Chillrud, Steven N ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^c Program on US Russia Relations at Columbia s Harriman Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; CLEAN UP; COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; CONTAMINATED AQUIFER; CONTAMINATED SITES; EXTRACTION TIME; LABORATORY COLUMNS; NEW JERSEY; OXALIC ACID; PHOSPHATE CONCENTRATION; PORE VOLUME; PUMP AND TREAT; PUMP-AND-TREAT SYSTEMS; REMEDIATION EFFICIENCY; SLOW DESORPTION; SORPTION SITES; SUPERFUND SITES;

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; CONTAMINATION; DESORPTION; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; POLLUTION; PUMPS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARSENIC; DESORPTION; IRON; MOBILIZATION; OXALIC ACID; PHOSPHATE; PORE SPACE; PUMP AND TREAT; SITE INVESTIGATION;

NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957020810     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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