Provenance of geogenic arsenic in the Goose River Basin, Maine, USA

Environmental Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 62-73

  Sidle, William C ^a   Wotten, B ^b   Murphy, E ^c  

^a NRMRL   (United States)

^b Box 23   (United States)

^c Medomak Valley Land Trust   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Maine; Pyrite; Sulfate; Sulfur isotope

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH RISKS; MAPPING; PETROLOGY; POTABLE WATER; RIVERS; ROCKS; SOILS; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; WATER WELLS; WATERSHEDS;

GEOGENIC ARSENIC;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER; PROVENANCE; PYRITE; SULFATE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

UNITED STATES;

ANSER SP.;

EID: 0035526359     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540100400     Document Type: Article

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