Hydrochemical and sediment biomarker evidence of the impact of organic matter biodegradation on arsenic mobilization in shallow aquifers of Datong Basin, China

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 483-498

  Xie, Xianjun ^a   Wang, Yanxin ^a   Su, Chunli ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Biodegradation; Datong Basin; Groundwater; Organic matter; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC MOBILIZATION; ARSENIC RELEASE; COMPETITIVE SORPTION; DATONG BASIN; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; GEOGENIC; HOPANES; HYDROCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; HYDROCHEMICALS; INDIGENOUS MICROBES; LAND SURFACE; MICROBIAL OXIDATION; N-ALKANES; NORTHERN CHINA; REDUCTIVE DISSOLUTION; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; STERANES; UNRESOLVED COMPLEX MIXTURES;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON; MANGANESE; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; PARAFFINS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SORPTION;

BIODEGRADATION;

ALKANE; ARSENIC; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; GROUND WATER; HOPANOID; HYDROCARBON; IRON; MANGANESE OXIDE; ORGANIC MATTER; PETROLEUM; STERANES; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKANE; AQUIFER; ARSENIC; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMARKER; DISSOLUTION; GEOGENIC SOURCE; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MANGANESE OXIDE; MOBILIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ALKALINITY; AQUIFER; ARSENIC MOBILIZATION; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSORPTION; CARBON ALLOCATION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; METAL METABOLISM; MINERAL METABOLISM; ORGANIC MATTER PRODUCTION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CHINA; DATONG BASIN; SHANXI;

EID: 84856536658     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-011-0875-9     Document Type: Article

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