A chromate-contaminated site in southern Switzerland - Part 1: Site characterization and the use of Cr isotopes to delineate fate and transport

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 644-654

  Wanner, Christoph ^a   Eggenberger, Urs ^a   Kurz, Daniel ^a   Zink, Sonja ^b   Mäder, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE EXTRACTION; CHROMITE ORE PROCESSING; CR ISOTOPES; CR REDUCTIONS; FATE AND TRANSPORT; FIELD SCALE; FLOW PATH; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER VELOCITY; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; INDUSTRIAL SITES; JAROSITES; MINERAL PHASIS; MONITORED NATURAL ATTENUATION; NATURALLY OCCURRING; NEGATIVE VALUES; POSITIVE VALUE; RAYLEIGH FRACTIONATION; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; SITE REMEDIATION; SITE-SPECIFIC; SWITZERLAND; XRD;

CHROMATES; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; SOILS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; FRACTIONATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LIMITING FACTOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; RISK FACTOR; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION; SUBSOIL; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84856623573     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.11.009     Document Type: Article

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