Differential arsenic binding in the sediments of two sites in Chile's lower Loa River basin

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 466-467, Issue , 2014, Pages 387-396

  Bugueño, Manuel P ^a,b   Acevedo, Sara E ^a   Bonilla, Carlos A ^a   Pizarro, Gonzalo E ^a   Pasten, Pablo A ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Servicio de Evaluación Ambiental de Chile   (Chile)

Author keywords

Fluvial deposition; Organic matter; Phytostabilization; River pollution; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANTS; CO-OCCURRENCE PATTERN; FLUVIAL DEPOSITION; FLUVIAL SEDIMENT; PHYTOSTABILIZATION; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TRACE-METALS;

BINDING SITES; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RIVER POLLUTION; TRACE ELEMENTS; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

SEDIMENTS;

ARSENIC; BORON; BROMINE; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; IRON; MANGANESE; ORGANIC MATTER; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITION; ENRICHMENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; IMMOBILIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER; RIVER BASIN; TRACE METAL; VEGETATION;

ARTICLE; CHILE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IMMOBILIZATION; MACROPHYTE; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; VEGETATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; PLANT; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHILE; LOA RIVER;

ARSENIC; CHILE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLANTS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84881534997     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.06.114     Document Type: Article

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