Spatial and temporal patterns of arsenic concentration in the High Plains Aquifer of Texas, USA

International Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 201-209

  Hudak, Paul F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Groundwater; High Plains Aquifer; Texas

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER; PESTICIDES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STANDARDS;

ARSENIC CONCENTRATIONS; DILUTION; HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER; TEXAS;

ARSENIC;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 33646478414     PISSN: 00207233     EISSN: 10290400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207230600579563     Document Type: Article

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