Trace metal mobility in a black shale area in central Sweden

• Main Authors: Jacks, Gunnar, Nilsson, B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Linnaeus University 2017
• Subjects: Trace metals; Arsenic; Molybdenum; Wastewater; Groundwater; Black shale; Storsjön; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: https://open.lnu.se/index.php/eco-tech/article/view/727

Black shales of marine origin formed under anoxic conditions contain trace metals like Mo, U, Ni, Zn and As in elevated amounts. The mobility and availability of such metals have been assessed in a black shale area of Cambrian age in the southern Storsjön area in central Sweden. The assessment has c...