Enrichment and fractionation of rare earth elements in FeS- and organic-rich estuarine sediments receiving acid sulfate soil drainage

Chemical Geology

Volumn 308-309, Issue , 2012, Pages 60-73

  Morgan, Bree ^a   Rate, Andrew W ^a   Burton, Edward D ^b   Smirk, Michael N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid sulfate soil; Estuarine; FeS; Organic rich; Rare earth elements; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ACID SULFATE SOILS; ACID-VOLATILE SULFIDE; ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTUARINE; ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS; FES; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MEDIAN VALUE; ORGANIC-RICH; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RAPID SORPTION; SEDIMENT ORGANIC MATTERS; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT; STRONG CORRELATION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ESTUARIES; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; SORPTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

SEDIMENTS;

ACID SULFATE SOIL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENRICHMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; FRACTIONATION; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SOIL DRAINAGE; SORPTION;

EID: 84859930432     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.03.012     Document Type: Article

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