Arsenic Mobilization in a Seawater Inundated Acid Sulfate Soil

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• 作者：Scott G. Johnston ; Annabelle F. Keene ; Edward D. Burton ; Richard T. Bush ; Leigh A. Sullivan ; Angus E. McElnea ; Col R. Ahern ; C. Douglas Smith ; Bernard Powell ; Rosalie K. Hocking
• 刊名：Environmental Science & Technology
• 出版年：2010
• 出版时间：March 15, 2010
• 年：2010
• 卷：44
• 期：6
• 页码：1968-1973
• 全文大小：311K
• 年卷期：v.44,no.6(March 15, 2010)
• ISSN：1520-5851

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Tidal seawater inundation of coastal acid sulfate soils can generate Fe- and SO₄-reducing conditions in previously oxic-acidic sediments. This creates potential for mobilization of As during the redox transition. We explore the consequences for As by investigating the hydrology, porewater geochemistry, solid-phase speciation, and mineralogical partitioning of As across two tidal fringe toposequences. Seawater inundation induced a tidally controlled redox gradient. Maximum porewater As (400 μg/L) occurred in the shallow (<1 m), intertidal, redox transition zone between Fe-oxidizing and SO₄-reducing conditions. Primary mechanisms of As mobilization include the reduction of solid-phase As(V) to As(III), reductive dissolution of As(V)-bearing secondary Fe(III) minerals and competitive anion desorption. Porewater As concentrations decreased in the zone of contemporary pyrite reformation. Oscillating hydraulic gradients caused by tidal pumping promote upward advection of As and Fe²⁺-enriched porewater in the intertidal zone, leading to accumulation of As(V)-enriched Fe(III) (hydr)oxides at the oxic sediment−water interface. While this provides a natural reactive-Fe barrier, it does not completely retard the flux of porewater As to overtopping surface waters. Furthermore, the accumulated Fe minerals may be prone to future reductive dissolution. A conceptual model describing As hydro-geochemical coupling across an intertidal fringe is presented.