Geochemical processes contributing to the contamination of soil and surface waters in the Rio Conchos basin, Mexico

Geosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 600-611

  Gutiérrez, Mélida ^a   Martinez Pina, Carlos ^b   Luo, Jun ^a   Mickus, Kevin ^a  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Chihuahua; Chihuahuan Desert; Metalloid; Rio Conchos; Salts; Water chemistry; Water pollution; Water resource

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; IGNIMBRITE; OLIGOCENE; RIVER WATER; RUNOFF; SALT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE WATER; WATER LEVEL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CHIHUAHUA; CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; RIO CONCHOS BASIN;

EID: 46149094633     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00160.1     Document Type: Article

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