Evidence of microbially mediated arsenic mobilization from sediments of the Aquia aquifer, Maryland, USA

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 575-586

  Pearcy, Christine A ^a   Chevis, Darren A ^a   Haug, T Jade ^a   Jeffries, Holly A ^a   Yang, Ningfang ^a   Tang, Jianwu ^a   Grimm, Deborah A ^b   Johannesson, Karen H ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC MOBILIZATION; ARTIFICIAL GROUNDWATER; CONTROL EXPERIMENTS; DISULFONIC ACID; ELECTRON SHUTTLE; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FE REDUCTIONS; GROUNDWATER FLOW SYSTEMS; IRON CONCENTRATIONS; MARYLAND; MARYLAND , USA; MICROCOSM EXPERIMENTS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; REDUCTIVE DISSOLUTION; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SEDIMENT SAMPLING; SERUM BOTTLES; SURFACE EXCHANGES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; IRON COMPOUNDS; ISOMERS; KETONES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ARSENIC; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; ELEMENT MOBILITY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; KETONE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROCOSM; MOBILIZATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE;

AQUIA AQUIFER; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952627785     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.01.015     Document Type: Article

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