Land-ocean contributions of arsenic through a river-estuary-ria system (SW Europe) under the influence of arsenopyrite deposits in the fluvial basin

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 412-413, Issue , 2011, Pages 304-314

  Costas, Marta ^a   Prego, Ricardo ^b   Filgueiras, Ana V ^b   Bendicho, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Fluxes; Sediment; Spain; Suspended particulate matter; Water

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC FLUXES; CERTIFIED REFERENCE MATERIALS; COASTAL SYSTEMS; DRY SEASONS; ESTUARINE PROCESS; ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS; FISHING PORTS; FLUVIAL BASINS; MICROWAVE DIGESTION; POLYCARBONATE FILTERS; RIVER RESERVOIRS; SPAIN; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; UV OXIDATION; WET SEASON;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEPOSITS; DISSOLUTION; DROUGHT; FLUXES; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MATERIALS HANDLING; OCEANOGRAPHY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; WATER;

ESTUARIES;

ARSENIC ACID; INORGANIC ARSENIC; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARSENIC; ARSENOPYRITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED INORGANIC MATTER; DRY SEASON; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; ESTUARY; FILTRATION; RIVER POLLUTION; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; UPWELLING; WET SEASON;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; EUROPE; OCEAN CURRENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PH; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; RIVER BASIN; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUMMER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

ARSENIC; ARSENICALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IRON COMPOUNDS; MINERALS; PARTICULATE MATTER; RIVERS; SALINITY; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SPAIN; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; SULFIDES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

SPAIN;

EID: 84855831363     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.10.034     Document Type: Article

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