Major factors controlling arsenic occurrence in the groundwater and sediments of the Chianan Coastal Plain, SW Taiwan

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 975-994

  Chen, Kuan Yu ^a   Liu, Tsung Kwei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Blackfoot disease; Coastal plain; Groundwater; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; REDOX POTENTIAL; RESIDENCE TIME; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ASIA; CHIANAN PLAIN; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 39149138710     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2007.18.5.975(TT)     Document Type: Article

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