Application of chromium stable isotopes to the evaluation of Cr(VI) contamination in groundwater and rock leachates from central Euboea and the Assopos basin (Greece)

Catena

Volumn 122, Issue , 2014, Pages 216-228

  Economou Eliopoulos, Maria ^a   Frei, Robert ^b   Atsarou, Cathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Assopos; Chromium isotopes; Cr(VI); Euboea; Groundwater; Leachates

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; LEACHATE; REDOX CONDITIONS; SOIL POLLUTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER POLLUTION;

GREECE;

EID: 84904869760     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2014.06.013     Document Type: Article

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