Hopane, sterane and n-alkane distributions in shallow sediments hosting high arsenic groundwaters in Cambodia

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3047-3058

  van Dongen, Bart E ^a   Rowland, Helen A L ^a   Gault, Andrew G ^a   Polya, David A ^a   Bryant, Charlotte ^b   Pancost, Richard D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; BIOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; HYDRATES; HYDROCARBONS; IRON COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; POTABLE WATER; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

AMOUNT OF INFORMATIONS; BIO-AVAILABILITY; CAMBODIA; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; DRINKING WATERS; EAST ASIA; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSES; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; HOPANES; HOSTING; HUMAN HEALTHS; HYDRATED OXIDES; MULTIPLE SOURCES; ORGANIC; ORGANIC MATTERS; RADIOCARBON ANALYSES; REDUCTIVE TRANSFORMATIONS; SATURATED HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTARY HORIZONS; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; SOURCE ROCKS; STERANE; UNRESOLVED COMPLEX MIXTURES; WIDER RANGES;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

ALKANE; AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARSENIC; BIOAVAILABILITY; HEALTH IMPACT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOBILIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOURCE ROCK;

ASIA; CAMBODIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 54449098157     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.06.012     Document Type: Article

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