Arsenic in ground water of the United States: Occurrence and geochemistry

Ground Water

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 589-604

  Welch, Alan H ^a   Westjohn, D B ^a   Helsel, Dennis R ^b   Wanty, Richard B ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC OCCURRENCE; UNITED STATES;

ARSENIC; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATOLOGY; GEOLOGY; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

ARSENIC; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON OXIDE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034237826     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2000.tb00251.x     Document Type: Article

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