Arsenic mobilization in shallow aquifers of Datong Basin: Hydrochemical and mineralogical evidences

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 107-115

  Xie, Xianjun ^a   Wang, Yanxin ^a   Su, Chunli ^a   Liu, Huaiqing ^a   Duan, Mengyu ^a   Xie, Zuoming ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Arsenic; Datong Basin; Groundwater; Mineralogy; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ALKA LINE CONDITION; ARSENIC CONCENTRATIONS; ARSENIC LEVELS; ARSENIC MOBILIZATION; ARSENIC POISONING; DOMINANT SPECIES; HIGH PH; HYDROCHEMICAL; HYDROCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; IRON-BEARING MINERALS; MINERALOGICAL FEATURES; REDUCTIVE DISSOLUTION; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; SOLID-PHASE; X RAY DIFFRACTION (XRD);

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ARSENIC; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CLAY MINERALS; DESORPTION; DISSOLUTION; EXTRACTION; FELDSPAR; GARNETS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IRON; IRON ANALYSIS; IRON ORES; MAGNETITE; MINERALS; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFATE MINERALS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

NONMETALS;

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESORPTION; DISSOLUTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IRON OXIDE; MINERALOGY; MOBILIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHALLOW WATER;

ASIA; CHINA; DATONG BASIN; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANXI;

EID: 48549087370     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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