Geochemistry of high arsenic groundwater in Chia-Nan plain, Southwestern Taiwan: Possible sources and reactive transport of arsenic

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 99, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 85-96

  Nath, Bibhash ^a   Jean, Jiin Shuh ^a   Lee, Ming Kuo ^b   Yang, Huai Jen ^a   Liu, Chia Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Blackfoot disease; Geochemistry; Isotope; Mud volcano; Saturation indices

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ARSENIC; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; EARTH SCIENCES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; NONMETALS; TRACE ELEMENTS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

H IGH CONCENTRATIONS; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; REDUCED-STATE; STABLE ISOTOPES;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

ARSENIC; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GROUND WATER; IRON; MANGANESE; SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE; SULFIDE;

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; ELEMENT MOBILITY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MODELING; MUD VOLCANO; REDUCTION; SALINE INTRUSION; SATURATION; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOCHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; VOLCANO; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TRANSPORT;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TAIWAN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

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

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 48349140020     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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