Assessment of arsenic fractionation, mobility, and bioavailability in mining-affected soils, and remediation measures

Land Contamination and Reclamation

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 279-292

  Anawar, Hossain M ^a,b   Garcia Sanchez, A ^b   Regina, I Santa ^b   Mihaljeviè, Martin ^c   Majzlan, Juraj ^d   Moyano, A ^e  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

^b Department of Environmental Geochemistry   (Portugal)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Chemical extraction; Cultivation activities; Fractionation; Mining contaminated soils; Redox

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BACTERIUM; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FRACTIONATION; IRON; LEACHING; MANGANESE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINING; MOBILITY; PHYTOREMEDIATION; REDOX CONDITIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION;

SPAIN;

EID: 84255195053     PISSN: 09670513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2462/09670513.1001     Document Type: Article

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