Occurrence of arsenic in ground water in the Choushui River alluvial fan, Taiwan

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-75

  Liu, Chen Wuing ^a   Wang, Sheng Wei ^a   Jang, Cheng Shin ^a   Lin, Kao Hong ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BIOACCUMULATION; HOLOCENE TRANSGRESSION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; BICARBONATE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; ORGANIC CARBON; WELL WATER;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOLOGICAL TIME; HOLOCENE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; TAIWAN; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER STANDARD; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ARSENIC; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TAIWAN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 31844455341     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2005.0129     Document Type: Article

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