Arsenic release metabolically limited to permanently water-saturated soil in Mekong Delta

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 70-76

  Stuckey, Jason W ^a   Schaefer, Michael V ^a   Kocar, Benjamin D ^a,b   Benner, Shawn G ^c   Fendorf, Scott ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON OXIDE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC CARBON; REDUCTION; SATURATION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; WETLAND;

MEKONG DELTA; SOUTH ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 84951823380     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2589     Document Type: Article

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