Geochemistry of redox-sensitive elements and sulfur isotopes in the high arsenic groundwater system of Datong Basin, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3823-3835

  Xie, Xianjun ^a   Ellis, Andre ^b   Wang, Yanxin ^a   Xie, Zuoming ^a   Duan, Mengyu ^a   Su, Chunli ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Biogeochemistry; Datong Basin; Groundwater; Sulfate; Sulfur isotope

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC CONCENTRATIONS; ARSENIC CONTENTS; ARSENIC IN GROUNDWATERS; ARSENIC MOBILIZATIONS; ARSENIC SPECIATIONS; AS SPECIES; CENTRAL BASINS; CO PRECIPITATES; DATONG BASIN; DIFFERENT PROCESS; DIMETHYLARSINIC ACIDS; FLOW PATHS; GROUNDWATER SYSTEMS; HIGH CONCENTRATIONS; HIGH CONTENTS; HYDROCHEMICAL DATUM; INNER MONGOLIA; LOW SULFATE CONCENTRATIONS; MEDIATED REACTIONS; MICROBIAL REACTIONS; MONOMETHYLARSONIC ACIDS; NORTHERN CHINAS; OXYHYDROXIDES; REDOX CONDITIONS; REDOX CYCLING; REDUCING CONDITIONS; REDUCTIVE DISSOLUTIONS; SEDIMENTARY BASINS; SENSITIVE ELEMENTS; STATISTICAL CORRELATIONS; STUDY AREAS; SULFATE; SULFATE REDUCTIONS; SULFIDE OXIDATIONS; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

ACIDS; ACTINIDES; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MOLYBDENUM; OXIDATION; PYRITES; SULFUR; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; URANIUM;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC DERIVATIVE; GROUND WATER; IRON; ISOTOPE; MAGNESIUM; MOLYBDENUM; OXIDIZING AGENT; SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFUR; URANIUM;

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ELEMENT MOBILITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; PLUME; QUATERNARY; REDOX CONDITIONS; SPRING WATER; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; DISSOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL SPRING; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

ARSENIC; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; IRON; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFUR ISOTOPES; URANIUM; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; CHINA; DATONG BASIN; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANXI;

EID: 65049084288     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.01.041     Document Type: Article

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