Chromated copper arsenate-treated fence posts in the agronomic landscape: Soil properties controlling arsenic speciation and spatial distribution

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1172-1181

  Schwer III, Donald R ^a   McNear, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC SPECIATION; AS SPECIATION; CCA TREATED WOOD; CHROMATED COPPER ARSENATE; CONTOUR MAP; EXTENDED X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURES; GEOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; LANDSCAPE SCALE; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS; MEASURED POINTS; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL DISTRIBUTIONS; MICROSCOPIC SCALE; PARENT MATERIALS; REDOX CONDITION; REDOX STATUS; SOIL PROPERTY; TOPOGRAPHIC GRADIENTS; WATER EXTRACTS; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARSENIC; EXTENDED X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; FENCES; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WOOD PRESERVATION;

SOILS;

ARSENIC ACID; COPPER; FERROUS ION; WATER;

AGRONOMY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM; GEOCHEMISTRY; LANDSCAPE; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PH; SOIL; TOPOGRAPHY; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ARSENATES; ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; KENTUCKY; METALS, HEAVY; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; WOOD;

EID: 79960711071     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2010.0455     Document Type: Article

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