Hydrochemical processes controlling arsenic and heavy metal contamination in the Elqui river system (Chile)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 325, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 193-207

  Dittmar, Thorsten ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Chile; Elqui River; Heavy metals; Water contamination

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DATA ACQUISITION; HEAVY METALS; POTABLE WATER; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TRACE ELEMENTS;

AQUEOUS CONSTITUENTS; COPRECIPITATION; HYDROCHEMICAL PROCESS;

ARSENATE MINERALS;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC ACID; BUFFER; COPPER; DRINKING WATER; HEAVY METAL;

ARSENIC; HEAVY METAL; HYDROCHEMISTRY; RIVER POLLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILE; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOTOXICITY; MINING; PH; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SOLID; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; CHILE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALS, HEAVY; PRECIPITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 2442614712     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2003.11.005     Document Type: Article

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