Arsenic in Marina Sediments from the Mediterranean Coast: Speciation in the Solid Phase and Occurrence of Thioarsenates

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 984-1002

  Mamindy Pajany, Yannick ^a,b   Bataillard, Philippe ^c   Séby, Fabienne ^d   Crouzet, Catherine ^c   Moulin, Anne ^e   Guezennec, Anne Gwenaëlle ^c   Hurel, Charlotte ^a   Marmier, Nicolas ^a   Battaglia Brunet, Fabienne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b Laboratoire Environnement Marin Littoral   (France)

^c BRGM   (France)

^d UT2A   (France)

^e Galatea   (France)

Author keywords

Arsenic speciation; marine sediment; sulfate reduction; thioarsenates

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC SOLUBILITY; ARSENIC SPECIATION; BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BIODEGRADABLE ORGANIC MATTER; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MEDITERRANEAN COASTS; SULFATE REDUCTION; THIOARSENATES;

ARSENIC; CRUDE OIL; MARINAS; PORTS AND HARBORS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

SEDIMENTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84879045482     PISSN: 15320383     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320383.2013.770441     Document Type: Article

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