Trace element reactivity in FeS-rich estuarine sediments: Influence of formation environment and acid sulfate soil drainage

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 438, Issue , 2012, Pages 463-476

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid sulfate soil; Estuarine; FeS; Reactivity; Sediment; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ACID SULFATE SOILS; ESTUARINE; ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS; ESTUARINE SYSTEMS; FES; GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES; MINERALISATION; PRINCIPAL AXIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT FORMATION; SPECIFIC SITES; STRONG CORRELATION;

BIOCHEMISTRY; ESTUARIES; LEAD; MANGANESE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REACTIVITY (NUCLEAR); SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; SORPTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

SEDIMENTS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; FERROUS SULFIDE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; ORGANIC CARBON; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ACID SULFATE SOIL; BIOAVAILABILITY; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; IRON SULFIDE; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC CARBON; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SOIL DRAINAGE; SORPTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

ABSORPTION; ACID SULFATE SOIL DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ESTUARY; EXTRACTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PH; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SOIL;

BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; ESTUARIES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IRON COMPOUNDS; METALS, HEAVY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SULFIDES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84868015416     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.08.088     Document Type: Article

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