Arsenic in groundwaters in the Northern Appalachian Mountain belt: A review of patterns and processes

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 99, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 8-21

  Peters, Stephen C ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Geochemistry; Geology; Groundwater

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; CONTAMINATION; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; GARNETS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; IRON OXIDES; LANDFORMS; MINERALOGY; NITRATES; NONMETALS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OXIDE MINERALS; OXIDES; POTABLE WATER; PYRITES; RECYCLING; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFATE MINERALS; SURFACE WATERS; TECTONICS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER WELLS; WELLS;

19TH CENTURY; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES; ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINATION; ARSENIC CONCENTRATIONS; ARSENIC IN GROUNDWATER; ARSENIC(V); ARSENOPYRITE (FEASS); CENTURY (CO); DRINKING WATER; DRINKING WATER WELLS; H IGH CONCENTRATIONS; INCOMPATIBLE ELEMENTS; INDUSTRIAL SITES; IRON (III); IRON MINERALS; MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL (MCL); MINERAL SURFACES; NANO SCALING; NEW ENGLAND; NITRATE REDUCTION; PH-DEPENDENT ADSORPTION; REDUCTIVE DISSOLUTION; REGIONAL PATTERNS; RESEARCH REPORTS; RIFT BASINS; SURFACE CONTAMINATIONS; TECTONIC ACTIVITY; TRIASSIC; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (US EPA);

MINERALS;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; FERRIC ION; GROUND WATER; MINERAL; NITRATE; SULFIDE; SURFACE WATER;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARSENIC; AVALONIA; BEDROCK; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MOUNTAIN REGION; NINETEENTH CENTURY; WELL;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; OXIDATION; PH; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

APPALACHIAN REGION; ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOLUBILITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

APPALACHIANS; MAINE; NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48349097104     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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