Arsenic associations in sediments from the loess aquifer of La Pampa, Argentina

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 989-1016

  Smedley, P L ^a   Kinniburgh, D G ^a   Macdonald, D M J ^a   Nicolli, H B ^b,e   Barros, A J ^b,e   Tullio, J O ^c   Pearce, J M ^a   Alonso, M S ^d,e  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Instituto de Geoquímica INGEOQUI   (Argentina)

^c Administación Prov del Agua   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^e Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BOREHOLES; COMPOSITION; DESORPTION; GROUNDWATER; PH EFFECTS; SEDIMENTS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ARSENIC ASSOCIATIONS; OXYANIONS; PORE WATERS; TOXIC TRACE ELEMENTS;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LOESS; QUATERNARY;

ARGENTINA; LA PAMPA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 16844370535     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2004.10.005     Document Type: Article

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