Environmental geochemistry of high arsenic groundwater at western Hetao plain, Inner Mongolia

Frontiers of Earth Science in China

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-72

  He, Jun ^a   Ma, Teng ^a   Deng, Yamin ^a   Yang, Hui ^a   Wang, Yanxin ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Arsenic groundwater; Environmental geochemistry; Hetao plain

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; METHANE; NITRATE; SEDIMENT CORE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFATE;

CHINA; HETAO PLAIN; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 60349084486     PISSN: 20950195     EISSN: 20950209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11707-009-0004-x     Document Type: Article

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