Reducing conditions increased the mobilisation and hazardous effects of arsenic in a highly contaminated gold mine spoil.
Creators
- 1. Department of Soil Science and Soil Ecology, Institute of Geography, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany; Council for Scientific and Industrial Research- Soil Research Institute, Academy Post Office, Kwadaso- Kumasi, Ghana. Electronic address: albert.mensah@rub.de.
- 2. Ruhr University Bochum
- 3. Department of Soil Science and Soil Ecology, Institute of Geography, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany. Electronic address: bernd.marschner@rub.de.
- 4. State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 550082 Guiyang, PR China; University of Wuppertal, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water, and Waste-Management, Laboratory of Soil, and Groundwater-Management, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285 Wuppertal, Germany. Electronic address: wangjianxu@vip.gyig.ac.cn.
- 5. Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 6. University of Southern Queensland, UNESCO Chair on Groundwater Arsenic within the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, West Street, Toowoomba 4350 Queensland, Australia; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Cheng University, 168 University Road, Min-Hsiung, Chiayi County 62102, Taiwan.
- 7. University of Southern Queensland
- 8. Department of Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan University, 1 Sect. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
- 9. National Taiwan University
- 10. University of Wuppertal, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water, and Waste-Management, Laboratory of Soil, and Groundwater-Management, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285 Wuppertal, Germany; King Abdulaziz University, Faculty of Meteorology, Environment, and Arid Land Agriculture, Department of Arid Land Agriculture, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia; International Research Centre of Nanotechnology for Himalayan Sustainability (IRCNHS), Shoolini University, Solan 173212, Himachal Pradesh, India. Electronic address: shaheen@uni-wuppertal.de.
- 11. United States Department of Agriculture
- 12. University of Wuppertal, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water, and Waste-Management, Laboratory of Soil, and Groundwater-Management, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285 Wuppertal, Germany. Electronic address: rinklebe@uni-wuppertal.de.
Publication Details
Journal article
Journal:
Journal of hazardous materials
Publisher:
Elsevier BV
ISSN:
18733336
Volume:
436
Pages:
129238-129238
Funding
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