High arsenic concentrations and enriched sulfur and oxygen isotopes in a fractured-bedrock ground-water system

Chemical Geology

Volumn 242, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 385-399

  Lipfert, Gail ^a   Sidle, William C ^b   Reeve, Andrew S ^a   Ayuso, Robert A ^c   Boyce, Adrian J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerobic oxidation; Arsenic; Fractured bedrock; Ground water; Oxygen isotopes; Sulfur isotopes

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BEDROCK; FRACTURE; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; REDOX CONDITIONS; SULFATE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; WATERSHED;

MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANSER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34347388897     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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