Palaeo-hydrogeological control on groundwater As levels in Red River delta, Vietnam

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3116-3126

  Jessen, Søren ^a   Larsen, Flemming ^b   Postma, Dieke ^b   Viet, Pham Hung ^c   Ha, Nguyen Thi ^d   Nhan, Pham Quy ^e   Nhan, Dang Duc ^f   Duc, Mai Thanh ^c   Hue, Nguyen Thi Minh ^c   Huy, Trieu Duc ^d   Luu, Tran Thi ^c   Ha, Dang Hoang ^e   Jakobsen, Rasmus ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^d Vietnam Northern Hydrogeological and Engineering Geological Division (NHEGD)   (Viet Nam)

^e HANOI UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND GEOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^f Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CALCITE; CLAY DEPOSITS; CLAY MINERALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ESTUARIES; GAMMA RAYS; GEOPHYSICS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON COMPOUNDS; IRON ORES; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OIL WELL LOGGING; RIVER CONTROL; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WELLS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS; AQUEOUS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITIES; FLOW SYSTEMS; GAMMA-RAY; GEOLOGICAL CONTROLS; GEOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GEOPHYSICAL LOGGINGS; GEOPHYSICAL LOGS; GROUNDWATER SAMPLINGS; HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE SEDIMENTS; HYDRAULIC HEADS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MAJOR IONS; MONITORING WELLS; NEGATIVE CORRELATIONS; PHREEQC; PLEISTOCENE; PLEISTOCENE AQUIFERS; RED RIVER DELTAS; SECONDARY CONTROLS; SPECIATION CALCULATIONS; SULPHIDE PRECIPITATIONS; VIETNAM; WATER SAMPLES;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HOLOCENE; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SALINITY; SIDERITE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFUR COMPOUND; WELL LOGGING;

ASIA; EURASIA; RED RIVER DELTA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 54449097632     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.06.015     Document Type: Article

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