Primary geologic sources of arsenic in the Chianan Plain (blackfoot disease area) and the Lanyang Plain of Taiwan

International Geology Review

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 947-961

  Lewis, Charles ^a   Ray, Dahtong ^a   Chiu, Kit Kwan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARTESIAN WELL; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; SEAWATER; SOURCE ROCK; STREAM BED;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 35649027941     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.49.10.947     Document Type: Article

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