Geochemical weathering increases lead bioaccessibility in semi-arid mine tailings

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 5834-5841

  Hayes, Sarah M ^a   Webb, Sam M ^b   Bargar, John R ^b   O'Day, Peggy A ^c   Maier, Raina M ^a   Chorover, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIZONA; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLES; BIOACCESSIBILITY; CLAY-SIZE FRACTION; COMPLEX PARTICLES; DOMINANT MECHANISM; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; IN-DEPTH STUDY; LEAD BIOACCESSIBILITY; MINE TAILINGS; MINERAL COMPOSITION; MINERAL SPECIES; PB CONCENTRATION; PLUMBOJAROSITES; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; SEMI ARID; SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENTS; SEMIARID LANDSCAPE; SEQUENTIAL CHEMICAL EXTRACTION; SOLID-PHASE SPECIATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS; SUPERFUND SITES; TOXIC METALS; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

CHEMICAL SPECIATION; IRON OXIDES; METALS; SULFATE MINERALS; TAILINGS; WEATHERING; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

LEAD;

IRON OXIDE; LEAD;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; EOLIAN PROCESS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEALTH RISK; LEAD; MINE WASTE; PARTICLE SIZE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEMIARID REGION; TAILINGS; WEATHERING;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MINE TAILINGS; MINERAL BALANCE; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SOLID; WEATHERING; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; DESERT CLIMATE; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEAD; MINING; PARTICLE SIZE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; WEATHER; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861917565     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es300603s     Document Type: Article

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