Natural occurrence of hexavalent chromium in a sedimentary aquifer in Urânia, State of São Paulo, Brazil

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-242

  Bourotte, Christine ^a   Bertolo, Reginaldo ^a   Almodovar, Marta ^b   Hirata, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Secretaria do Estado do Meio Ambiente   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Chromium; Groundwater; Natural contamination

Indexed keywords

URANIA;

EID: 67649858404     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: 16782690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0001-37652009000200009     Document Type: Article

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