Influence of hydrostratigraphy and structural setting on the arsenic occurrence in groundwater of the Cimino-Vico volcanic area (central Italy)

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 901-914

  Angelone, Massimo ^a   Cremisini, Carlo ^a   Piscopo, Vincenzo ^b   Proposito, Marco ^a   Spaziani, Fabio ^b  

^a ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arsenic; General hydrogeology; Hydrochemistry; Italy; Volcanic aquifer

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; ARTESIAN WELL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; SAMPLING; SPRING WATER; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC SETTING; THERMAL WATER; VOLCANO;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 65749114616     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-008-0401-3     Document Type: Article

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