Selenium mobilization in soils due to volcanic derived acid rain: An example from Mt Etna volcano, Sicily

Chemical Geology

Volumn 289, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 235-244

  Floor, G H ^a,b   Calabrese, S ^c,d   Roman Ross G ^a,e   DAlessandro W ^d   Aiuppa, A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b BRGM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d SEZIONE DI PALERMO   (Italy)

^e AMPHOS 21 CONSULTING S L   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contamination; Geogenic; Groundwater; Selenium; Volcanic soils; Volcanoes

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE PHASIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; ETNA VOLCANOS; FE OXIDE; GEOGENIC; HUMAN HEALTH; LIVING ORGANISMS; SELENIUM CONCENTRATIONS; SOIL CONCENTRATIONS; SOIL LEACHATE; TOXIC EFFECT; VOLCANIC SOILS;

ACID RAIN; BIOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH; LEACHING; SELENIUM; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOILS; VOLCANOES;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ACID RAIN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITION; GEOGENIC SOURCE; GROUNDWATER; MOBILIZATION; RAINWATER; SELENIUM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SULFATE; VOLCANIC SOIL;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 80053609977     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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