Arsenic sequestration by organic sulphur in peat

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 66-73

  Langner, Peggy ^a   Mikutta, Christian ^a   Kretzschmar, Ruben ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOACTIVITY; CHEMICAL BONDING; ELEMENT MOBILITY; IMMOBILIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUND; OXIC CONDITIONS; PEAT; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEQUESTRATION (CHEMISTRY); SOIL CHEMISTRY; SORPTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFIDE; WATER TABLE; WETLAND;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84255194924     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1329     Document Type: Article

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