Field, laboratory, and modeling study of reactive transport of groundwater arsenic in a coastal aquifer

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 5333-5338

  Hun, Bok Jung ^a   Charette, Matthew A ^b   Zheng, Yan ^a,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATCH ADSORPTION; COASTAL AQUIFERS; DIFFUSE LAYERS; DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT; FERRIHYDRITE; GROUNDWATER PLUMES; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL; LANGMUIR ISOTHERM; MODELING STUDIES; PARAMETRIC APPROACH; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; REDOX INTERFACE; SITE-SPECIFIC; SORPTION CAPACITIES; SURFACE COMPLEXATION MODELS; WATER FLOWS;

ADSORPTION; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DISSOLUTION; DYES; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON COMPOUNDS; ISOTHERMS; WATER;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ARSENIC; CHLORIDE; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; FERROUS ION; GROUND WATER;

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; COASTAL AQUIFER; COMPLEXATION; DISCHARGE; FERRIHYDRITE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SEAWATER INTERACTION; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IRON; ISOTHERM; OXIDATION; PLUME; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ADSORPTION; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION; EXTRACTION; FIELD STUDY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; ISOTHERM; LABORATORY TEST; LEACHING; MODEL; OXIDATION KINETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PLUME; PRECIPITATION; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW;

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MASSACHUSETTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SALINITY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WAQUOIT BAY;

EID: 67650462890     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es900080q     Document Type: Article

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