Hydrogeological survey assessing arsenic and other groundwater contaminants in the lowlands of Sumatra, Indonesia

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3019-3028

  Winkel, Lenny ^a   Berg, Michael ^a   Stengel, Caroline ^a   Rosenberg, Thomas ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; DISSOLUTION; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); POTABLE WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SODIUM; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WETLANDS;

ACIDIC PH VALUES; ALKALINE PHS; AQUIFER CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL CONDITIONS; DISSOLVED SOLIDS; DRINKING WATERS; EAST COASTS; GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS; GEOLOGICAL SURFACES; GEOREFERENCED DATABASES; GROUNDWATER ANALYSES; GROUNDWATER CONDITIONS; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINANTS; GROUNDWATER SURVEYS; GUIDELINE VALUES; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MIDDLE MIOCENE; ORGANIC; PEAT SWAMPS; PLIOCENE; REDOX CONDITIONS; RISK AREAS; SEDIMENT LOADS; STUDY AREAS; SUMATRA; SUMATRA , INDONESIA;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARSENIC; DATABASE; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HOLOCENE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; REDOX CONDITIONS; VULNERABILITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 54449090772     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.06.021     Document Type: Article

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