Partitioning geochemistry of arsenic and antimony, El Tatio Geyser Field, Chile

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 664-676

  Landrum, J T ^a   Bennett, P C ^a   Engel, A S ^b   Alsina, M A ^c   Pasten P A ^c   Milliken, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANTIMONY; ARSENATE MINERALS; ARSENIC; DISSOLUTION; GEYSERS; HAFNIUM COMPOUNDS; IRON OXIDES; MINERALS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANION EXCHANGES; ATACAMA DESERTS; BIOMATS; CONCENTRATION OF; DOWNSTREAM USERS; FERRIC OXIDES; FERRIC OXY-HYDROXIDES; MICROBIAL MATS; MINERAL PRECIPITATES; NATURAL SURFACES; REDOX STATE; SILICA MATRICES; TOXIC ELEMENTS;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEYSER; ION EXCHANGE; PARTITIONING; RESERVOIR; SPRING WATER; STREAM;

ANTOFAGASTA; CHILE; EL TATIO; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 62849121246     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.12.024     Document Type: Article

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