Arsenic concentrations and speciation along a groundwater flow path: The Carrizo Sand aquifer, Texas, USA

Chemical Geology

Volumn 228, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 57-71

  Haque, Shama ^a   Johannesson, Karen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Carrizo Sand aquifer; Flow path; Groundwater; Speciation

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

CARRIZO;

EID: 33645871819     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.11.019     Document Type: Article

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