Preservation and XANES determination of the oxidation state of solid-phase arsenic in shallow sedimentary aquifers in Bengal and Cambodia

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 825-839

  Rowland, Helen A L ^a,b   Gault, A G ^a   Charnock, J M ^a,c   Polya, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Arsenic speciation; Bengal; Cambodia; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; OXIDATION; SEDIMENTS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARSENIC SPECIATION; CAMBODIA; OXIDATION STATE; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY;

ARSENIC;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARSENIC;

ASIA; BENGAL; CAMBODIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 31344446709     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461056950291     Document Type: Article

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