Role of coupled redox transformations in the mobilization and sequestration of arsenic

ACS Symposium Series

Volumn 1071, Issue , 2011, Pages 463-476

  Hering, Janet G ^a   Hug, Stephan J ^a   Farnsworth, Claire ^b   O'Day, Peggy A ^c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; IRON RESEARCH; WATER RESOURCES;

ARSENIC MOBILIZATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; CARRIER PHASIS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; REDOX TRANSFORMATIONS; SULFUR MINERALS; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

ARSENIC;

EID: 84857812432     PISSN: 00976156     EISSN: 19475918     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1021/bk-2011-1071.ch021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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