Arsenic in surface- and up to 90°C ground waters in a basalt area, N-Iceland: Processes controlling its mobility

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1297-1312

  Arnórsson, Stefán ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE WATERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

REDOX POTENTIAL;

GROUNDWATER;

ARSENIC; BASALT; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ELEMENT MOBILITY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ICELAND;

EID: 0041708053     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(03)00052-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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