Irrigation produces elevated arsenic in the underlying groundwater of a semi-arid basin in Southwestern Idaho

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 843-859

  Busbee, Montague W ^a   Kocar, Benjamin D ^b   Benner, Shawn G ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS PHASE; AQUEOUS SPECIES; ARSENIC CONCENTRATIONS; ARSENIC MOBILIZATIONS; ARSENIC RELEASE; BATCH LEACHING; CURRENT RATES; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; GROUNDWATER WELLS; IDAHO , USA; IRRIGATION WATERS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; OXIDIZING CONDITIONS; PORE WATERS; REDOX PROCESS; SEMI-ARID; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTIONS; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; SNAKE RIVER PLAINS; SOLID-PHASE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS; SURFICIAL SOILS; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON OXIDES; IRRIGATION; LEACHING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOILS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER SUPPLY;

NONMETALS;

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER; INFILTRATION; IRRIGATION; RECHARGE; SEMIARID REGION; STRATIFICATION; WATER TABLE;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64749091711     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2009.01.011     Document Type: Article

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