Environmental hazards of arsenic associated with black shales: A review on geochemistry, enrichment and leaching mechanism

Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 289-303

  Paikaray, Susanta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arsenic pollution; Black shale; Environmental hazards; Microbial mobilization; Sulphide oxidation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865424723     PISSN: 15691705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11157-012-9281-z     Document Type: Review

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