Groundwater arsenic distribution in South-western Uruguay

Environmental Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 827-834

  Manganelli, A ^a   Goso, C ^a   Guerequiz, R ^a   Fernandez Turiel J L ^b   Garcia Valles M ^c   Gimeno, D ^c   Perez C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Arsenic; Groundwater; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; PH METERS; POTABLE WATER; WATER WELLS;

AQUIFER; ARSENIC CONCENTRATIONS; HYDROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; SPECIFIC CONDUCTIVITY;

GROUNDWATER;

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

SOUTH AMERICA; URUGUAY RIVER;

EID: 36448949780     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0695-9     Document Type: Article

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