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J. Phys. IV France
Volume 107, May 2003
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Page(s) | 735 - 738 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:20030406 |
J. Phys. IV France 107 (2003) 735
DOI: 10.1051/jp4:20030406
Biogeochemical cycle and speciation of As and Cr in an acid mine environment : The case of Carnoulès Creek, France
I. Le Hécho1, C. Pecheyran1, S. Charles1, M. Monperrus1, M.-P. Pavageau1, C. Casiot2, M. Potin-Gautier1, M. Leblanc2, 2 and O.F.X. Donard11 Laboratoire de Chimie Analytique Brio-inorganique et Environnement, UMR 5034 du CNRS, Hélioparc Pau-Pyrénées, 2 avenue du Président Angot, 64053 Pau cedex 9, France
2 Laboratoire Hydrosciences, UMR 5569, Université de Montpellier 2, Case 57, place E. Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier cedex 05, France
Abstract
The aim of the work was to understand the biogeochemical cycles of two pollutants of
interest found in the Carnoulès Creek : arsenic and chromium. The data for dissolved chromium
speciation showed that this element is rather homogeneously distributed along the seepage water
with 70-80% of Cr (VI); in particles collected from the same samples. chromium is totally
present under the trivalent form. These results are consistent with the fact that hexavalent
chromium is much more mobile fhan Cr (III).
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