Redox transformation, solid phase speciation and solution dynamics of copper during soil reduction and reoxidation as affected by sulfate availability

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 123, Issue , 2013, Pages 385-402

  Fulda, Beate ^a   Voegelin, Andreas ^b   Ehlert, Katrin ^a   Kretzschmar, Ruben ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; FLOODED SOIL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REDOX CONDITIONS; REDUCTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLUBILITY; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFATE;

EID: 84887015630     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.07.017     Document Type: Article

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