Geochemistry of aquifer sediments and arsenic-rich groundwaters from Kandal Province, Cambodia

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3029-3046

  Rowland, Helen A L ^a   Gault, Andrew G ^a   Lythgoe, Paul ^a   Polya, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; CHEMISTRY; CORRELATION METHODS; DISSOLUTION; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON COMPOUNDS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POTABLE WATER; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

AMORPHOUS; BANGLADESH; CAMBODIA; CONSISTENT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC C; DRINKING WATERS; ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; FE OXIDES; FINER FRACTIONS; GEOCHEMICAL COMPONENTS; GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES; HETEROGENEOUS; INNER MONGOLIA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; ORGANIC; ORGANIC MATTERS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; REDUCING CONDITIONS; REDUCTIVE DISSOLUTIONS; RESIDENCE TIMES; VIETNAM; WEST BENGAL;

ARSENIC;

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DRINKING WATER; ELECTRON; GROUNDWATER; IRON OXIDE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PH; RESIDENCE TIME; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SULFATE; SURFACE WATER; VULNERABILITY;

ASIA; CAMBODIA; EURASIA; KANDAL; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 54449100709     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.06.011     Document Type: Article

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