Chromium speciation in a contaminated groundwater: Redox processes and temporal variability

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 176, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 647-662

  Kumar, Asirvatham Ramesh ^a   Riyazuddin, Patel ^b  

^a Chemical Laboratory   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Chromium speciation; Chromium(III); Chromium(III) organic complexes; Chromium(VI); Groundwater; Redox transformation

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM SPECIATION; CHROMIUM SPECIES; CONTAMINATED AREAS; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; DUG WELL; MATRIX; ORGANIC COMPLEX; OXIDATION OF FE; POST-MONSOON; POST-MONSOON PERIOD; PRE-MONSOON; REDOX PROCESS; REDOX TRANSFORMATION; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CHROMIUM; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MANGANESE; OXIDATION; WELLS;

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS;

CHROMIUM; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FERROUS ION; GROUND WATER; MANGANESE;

CHROMIUM; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; OXIDATION; REDOX CONDITIONS; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER SAMPLING;

CHROMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; INDIA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 79954827827     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1610-5     Document Type: Article

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