Effect of pH and stream order on iron and arsenic speciation in boreal catchments

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 7120-7128

  Neubauer, Elisabeth ^a   Köhler, Stephan J ^b   Von Der Kammer, Frank ^a   Laudon, Hjalmar ^b   Hofmann, Thilo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC SPECIATION; BOREAL CATCHMENTS; CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELING; FIRST-ORDER STREAMS; FLOW FIELD-FLOW FRACTIONATION; HIGHER-ORDER SYSTEMS; NANO PARTICULATES; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS;

ARSENIC; CATCHMENTS; RUNOFF;

IRON;

ARSENIC DERIVATIVE; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; IRON DERIVATIVE; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER;

ARSENIC; BOREAL FOREST; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FRACTIONATION; HYDROXIDE; IRON; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PH; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RIVER POLLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; FIELD FLOW FRACTIONATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MEMBRANE FILTER; PH; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; WETLAND;

ARSENIC; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; RIVERS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84880098800     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es401193j     Document Type: Article

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