Microbial sulfidogenesis in ferrihydrite-rich environments: Effects on iron mineralogy and arsenic mobility

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3072-3087

  Burton, Edward D ^a   Johnston, Scott G ^a   Bush, Richard T ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ARSENIC; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CATALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IMMOBILIZATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALOGY; MOBILITY; MOBILIZATION; PH; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS;

EID: 79955469239     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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