Arsenic in glacial aquifers: Sources and geochemical controls

Ground Water

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 500-510

  Kelly, Walton R ^a   Holm, Thomas R ^a   Wilson, Steven D ^a   Roadcap, George S ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBON; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; SOLUBILITY; WATER WELLS;

ARSENIC SOLUBILITY; GEOCHEMICAL CONTROLS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON (TOC); WELL DEPTH;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; CARBON; FERRIC ION; FERRIC OXIDE; FRESH WATER; SULFATE;

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; WATER SUPPLY;

ARSENIC; CARBON; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FRESH WATER; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SULFATES; WATER SUPPLY;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 22244492325     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2005.0058.x     Document Type: Article

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