Effects of cyclic changes in pH and salinity on metals release from sediments

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1775-1784

  Hong, Yong Seok ^a   Kinney, Kerry A ^a   Reible, Danny D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminated sediments; Estuarine mixing; Metals release; Sediment diagenesis

Indexed keywords

ACID VOLATILE SULFIDES; ANACOSTIA RIVER; ANION CONCENTRATIONS; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; CYCLIC CHANGES; DISSOLVED METAL SPECIES; DYNAMIC CHANGES; ESTUARINE MIXING; ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS; FERROUS IRON; HIGH PH; METAL RELEASE; METAL SPECIATION; METALS RELEASE; NEUTRAL PH; OVERLYING WATER; PORE WATERS; RAPID OXIDATION; SEDIMENT SURFACE; SIMULTANEOUSLY EXTRACTED METALS; TIDAL CHANGE; VERTICAL PROFILE; WASHINGTON;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CADMIUM; CADMIUM SULFIDE; DISSOLUTION; ESTUARIES; IONIC STRENGTH; MANGANESE; METALS; OXIDATION; PH EFFECTS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

EXTRACTION;

CADMIUM; CADMIUM SULFIDE; IRON; MANGANESE; ZINC;

AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED LOAD; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HEAVY METAL; ION; MICROCOSM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIDATION; PH; POREWATER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SALINITY; SALT WATER; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFIDE; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TIDAL CYCLE;

ARTICLE; ESTUARY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; IONIC STRENGTH; METAL EXTRACTION; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SALINITY; SEDIMENT;

CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; MANGANESE; METALS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RIVERS; SALINITY; SULFIDES; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

ANACOSTIA RIVER; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; UNITED STATES;

ANACOSTIA;

EID: 79960085653     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.584     Document Type: Article

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