The arsenic concentration in groundwater from the Abbey Arms Wood observation borehole, Delamere, Cheshire, UK

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 263, Issue , 2006, Pages 265-284

  Kinniburgh, David G ^a   Newell, Andrew J ^a   Davies, Jeff ^a   Smedley, Pauline L ^a   Milodowski, Anthoni E ^a   Ingram, John A ^b   Merrin, Philip D ^c  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNITED UTILITIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GROUNDWATER; MINERALIZATION; PHREATIC ZONE; POREWATER; SANDSTONE; UNCONFINED AQUIFER;

CHESHIRE; DELAMERE LAKE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750321046     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.263.01.15     Document Type: Article

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