Arsenic in the geosphere — a review
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An attempt is made to quantify the global element cycle for arsenic, based on an extensive literature research with special emphasis on the most recent works. Reservoirs in and fluxes within and through lithosphere, atmosphere, pedosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and anthrosposphere are being presented. Crucial knowledge gaps are addressed and some simple model calculations partially question currently held ideas about sources, pathways, and the fate of arsenic in the environment.
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As occurs as a major constituent in more than 200 minerals.
“As occurs as a major constituent in more than 200 minerals [27]”
From Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater: A Review of Sources, Prevalence, Health Risks, and Strategies for Mitigation (2014) · cites this paper as [27]
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- Authors
- Matschullat, J.
- Affiliations
- TU Bergakademie Freiberg (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Matschullat, Jörg
- ORCID
- Matschullat, Jörg
- Venue
- Science of The Total Environment
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2000-04
- Volume
- 249
- Issue
- 1-3
- Pages
- 297-312
- ISSN
- 0048-9697 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2033421988
- Cited by
- 891
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 2.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Science of The Total Environment (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Arsenic contamination and mitigation
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geochemistry and Petrology › Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geochemistry and Petrology › Coal and Its By-products
- Keywords
- arsenic, arsenic flux, geosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere, pedosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, anthroposphere
- MeSH terms
- Air Pollutants, Animals, Arsenic, Atmosphere, Humans, Reference Values, Soil Pollutants, Water Pollutants, Arsenic Poisoning
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