Chromium(VI) generation in vadose zone soils and alluvial sediments of the southwestern Sacramento Valley, California: A potential source of geogenic Cr(VI) to groundwater

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1488-1501

  Mills, Christopher T ^a   Morrison, Jean M ^a   Goldhaber, Martin B ^a   Ellefsen, Karl J ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL SEDIMENTS; AMENDED SOIL; CALIFORNIA; DRILL CORE; FE OXIDE; GEOGENIC; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS; METABORATE; MN OXIDES; POTENTIAL SOURCES; PRODUCTION RATES; SELECTIVE EXTRACTION; SOIL ACIDIFICATIONS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOILS AND SEDIMENTS; SURFACE SOIL; TOTAL SOLIDS; ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS; VADOSE ZONE; VADOSE ZONE SOILS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AUGERS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHROMIUM; CORE DRILLING; CORE SAMPLES; DRILLS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LANDFORMS; LITHIUM; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MANGANESE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; POTABLE WATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WEATHERING;

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS;

ACIDIFICATION; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CHROMIUM; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MANGANESE OXIDE; MOBILIZATION; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RECHARGE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL POLLUTION; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; VADOSE ZONE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; SACRAMENTO VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79961022962     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.05.023     Document Type: Article

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