Concentrations and speciation of arsenic along a groundwater flow-path in the Upper Floridan aquifer, Florida, USA

Environmental Geology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 219-228

  Haque, S E ^a   Johannesson, K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Flow path; Groundwater; Speciation; Upper Floridan aquifer

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW;

FLOW PATH; RECHARGE AREA; SPECIATION; UPPER FLORIDAN AQUIFER;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ION EXCHANGE; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646493680     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0202-8     Document Type: Article

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