Environmental Forensic Study and Remediation Feasibility in an Abandoned Industrial Site †
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Arsenic Study
2.3. Hydrocarbons Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Arsenic Affection
3.2. Hydrocarbons Affection
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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A | B | C | D | ||
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Total concentration | As (mg/kg) | 1600 | 930 | 1200 | 1600 |
As speciation | As(III) (%) | 9.2 | 4.2 | 9.8 | 0 |
As(V) (%) | 90.8 | 95.8 | 90.2 | 100 | |
Tessier extraction | EX (%) | 8.96 | 3.83 | 21.53 | 0.01 |
CB (%) | 13.32 | 8.35 | 15.54 | 0.01 | |
OX (%) | 44.62 | 73.55 | 51.03 | 0.06 | |
MO (%) | 9.93 | 4.63 | 4.45 | 0.01 | |
RS (%) | 23.17 | 9.64 | 7.45 | 99.91 |
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Baragaño, D.; Rodríguez-Valdés, E.; Peláez, A.I.; Boente, C.; Matanzas, N.; García, N.; Gallego, J.L.R. Environmental Forensic Study and Remediation Feasibility in an Abandoned Industrial Site. Proceedings 2018, 2, 1503. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2231503
Baragaño D, Rodríguez-Valdés E, Peláez AI, Boente C, Matanzas N, García N, Gallego JLR. Environmental Forensic Study and Remediation Feasibility in an Abandoned Industrial Site. Proceedings. 2018; 2(23):1503. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2231503
Chicago/Turabian StyleBaragaño, Diego, Eduardo Rodríguez-Valdés, Ana I. Peláez, Carlos Boente, Nora Matanzas, Nerea García, and José Luis R. Gallego. 2018. "Environmental Forensic Study and Remediation Feasibility in an Abandoned Industrial Site" Proceedings 2, no. 23: 1503. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2231503
APA StyleBaragaño, D., Rodríguez-Valdés, E., Peláez, A. I., Boente, C., Matanzas, N., García, N., & Gallego, J. L. R. (2018). Environmental Forensic Study and Remediation Feasibility in an Abandoned Industrial Site. Proceedings, 2(23), 1503. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2231503